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conversations.value: a title for a book about Bishop, Rochester, Church with the genre: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies
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conversations.value: A title for this book could be 'Islam'
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conversations.value: Give me a description for a book titled Islam about Islam, Braswell, Iran with the genre: Religion & Spirituality, Islam.
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conversations.value: Braswell, a professor of world religions who has spent much of his academic life living and teaching in Iran, tries to correct American stereotypes of Muslims in this well-balanced and judicious overview of the history and teachings of Islam. He opens with 20 questions constantly asked by modern Western society about Islam, and he structures the book around his answers, which concern the customs, practices and theology of the religion. In addition, Braswell examines in detail the intersections of a Muslim's personal and family life with his or her social life and political life. Finally, he demonstrates the ways in which Islam responds to contemporary issues like abortion and AIDS. Braswell's book should be required reading for all journalists, business people and tourists traveling to an Islamic culture. </P><P>Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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conversations.value: </P>. He opens with 20 questions constantly asked by modern Western society about Islam, and he structures the book around his answers, which concern the customs, practices and theology of the religion. In addition, Braswell examines in detail the intersections of a Muslim's personal and family life with his or her social life and political life. Finally, he demonstrates the ways in which Islam responds to contemporary issues like abortion and AIDS. Braswell's book should be required reading for all journalists, business people and tourists traveling to an Islamic culture. </P><P>Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Braswell, a professor of world religions who has spent much of his academic life living and teaching in Iran, tries to correct American stereotypes of Muslims in this well-balanced and judicious overview of the history and teachings of Islam.
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conversations.value: Give me a description for a book titled Islam about Islam, Qur'an, Muhammad with the genre: New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Humanities.
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conversations.value: the author provides an accessible, well-written and evenhanded introduction to Islam, one of the world's fastest-growing religions. In brief chapters, he discusses the rise of Islam; the centrality of its sacred text, the Qur'an; the importance of the Prophet Muhammad; the major developments of both Sunni and Shi'i Islam (including "sub-sects" of both traditions); the ethical principles and "Five Pillars" of the faith; the role of the mosque and of sacred sites such as Mecca; the concept of sacred time and the Islamic lunar calendar; Muslims' beliefs about death and the afterlife; and Islam in the modern world. Throughout, the author provides a balanced approach, noting, for example, that the Ayatollah Khomeini's 1990 fatwah against novelist Salman Rushdie was opposed by many Islamic scholars and that the religion is "far from monolithic" in its laws or practices. Each chapter closes with an excerpt from some primary source for example, the opening verses of the Qur'an or an Urdu poem praising Muhammad and then interprets that passage with a brief commentary. These bite-sized chunks of original source material go a long way toward helping readers become familiar with Islam's historical and literary traditions. The book is enhanced by well-chosen, full-color photographs and illustrations, which are so animated that they seem to invite readers to contemplate the interior of a mosque, or to participate in a schoolroom discussion with British Muslim girls. Overall, this is a handy, informed and attractive primer. <BR>Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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conversations.value: <BR>Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. In brief chapters, he discusses the rise of Islam; the centrality of its sacred text, the Qur'an; the importance of the Prophet Muhammad; the major developments of both Sunni and Shi'i Islam (including "sub-sects" of both traditions); the ethical principles and "Five Pillars" of the faith; the role of the mosque and of sacred sites such as Mecca; the concept of sacred time and the Islamic lunar calendar; Muslims' beliefs about death and the afterlife; and Islam in the modern world. Throughout, the author provides a balanced approach, noting, for example, that the Ayatollah Khomeini's 1990 fatwah against novelist Salman Rushdie was opposed by many Islamic scholars and that the religion is "far from monolithic" in its laws or practices. Each chapter closes with an excerpt from some primary source for example, the opening verses of the Qur'an or an Urdu poem praising Muhammad and then interprets that passage with a brief commentary. These bite-sized chunks of original source material go a long way toward helping readers become familiar with Islam's historical and literary traditions. The book is enhanced by well-chosen, full-color photographs and illustrations, which are so animated that they seem to invite readers to contemplate the interior of a mosque, or to participate in a schoolroom discussion with British Muslim girls. Overall, this is a handy, informed and attractive primer.the author provides an accessible, well-written and evenhanded introduction to Islam, one of the world's fastest-growing religions.