Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith
Overview
In this straightforward collection of 15 essays—each by a different, specialized expert in the field—readers encounter all the major elements of Islam, including its history, its beliefs, its practices, and its interactions with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world. Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith will inform and enlighten all who wish to better understand this increasingly influential world religion.
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- Explores all the major elements of Islam
- Offers a variety of backgrounds from authors specialized in the field of Islamic study
- Provides a succinct guide for anyone who wishes to understand the basics
- Introduction
- Islam, by Shawkat M. Toorawa
- Origins
- Qur’an, by Roger Allen
- Muhammad, by Tahera Qutbuddin
- Hadith and Sunna, by Scott C. Lucas
- Doctrine
- Shari’a, by Aron Zysow
- Islamic Philosophy, by Jon McGinnis
- Sufism, by Ahmet T. Karamustafa
- Shi‘ites, Shi‘ism, by Abdulaziz Sachedina
- Sunnis, Sunnism, by Scott C. Lucas
- Institutions
- Mosque, by Ruba Kana}an
- Islamic Government, by Joseph E. Lowry
- Interactions
- Women and Islam, by Homayra Ziad
- Islam and Judaism, by Mark S. Wagner
- Islam and Christianity by Paul Löffler and Mark N. Swanson
- Islam in America, by Jane I. Smith
Top Highlights
“The Umayyad Mosque is also believed to be the site where the prophet Jesus—Muslims regard him as fully human, and do not believe he was crucified but, rather, protected by being raised up to heaven while still alive—will return to assist in defeating the Antichrist (called Dajjâl) and the forces of unbelief and darkness, before helping to usher in a time of peace and submission to God.” (Page 12)
“Submission’ (i.e., Islam) as follows: ‘Submission is that you bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His messenger (shahâda), that you perform the (prescribed) ritual-prayers (salât), that you fast the month of Ramadan (sawm), that you pay the (prescribed) alms-tax on wealth (zakât), and that you perform the pilgrimage to the Kaʿba if you are able (hajj).” (Page 7)
“Muhammad was then twenty-five, Khadîja about forty.” (Page 29)
“In 630, Muhammad entered Mecca without bloodshed and proceeded immediately to the Kaʿba, whereupon he destroyed all the idols within and around it (in an echo of Abraham’s similar act before leaving Ur).” (Page 7)
“Muhammad (d. 632), the ‘Messenger of God,’ was born in 570 in the city of Mecca, located in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula.” (Page 28)
- Title: Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith
- Authors: Roger Allen, Shawkat M. Toorawa
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 200
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Islam › Essence, genius, nature; Islam › Doctrines; Islam › 21st century
- ISBNs: 9780802866004, 080286600X
- Resource ID: LLS:ISLAM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:47:01Z
Roger Allen is professor of Arabic and comparative literature and chair of the department of Near Eastern languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include The Arabic Novel and The Arabic Literary Heritage; he also serves as editor for the journal Middle Eastern Literatures.
Shawkat M. Toorawa is associate professor of Arabic literature and Islamic studies at Cornell University. He is also the author of Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture: A Ninth-Century Bookman in Baghdad.