TY - BOOK AU - Peters,F.E. TI - A Reader on Classical Islam SN - 9781400821181 (electronic bk.) AV - BP161.2.R43 1994 U1 - 297 PY - 2001/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Islam KW - Religion KW - RELIGION / Islam / General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents N2 - To enable the reader to shape, or perhaps reshape, an understanding of the Islamic tradition, F.E. Peters skillfully combines extensive passages from Islamic texts with a fascinating commentary of his own. In so doing, he presents a substantial body of literary evidence that will enable the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and, more, to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. The voices recorded here are those of Muslims engaged in discourse with their God and with each other--historians, lawyers, mystics, and theologians, from the earliest Co UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=581638 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349957 ER -