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Islam: History, Religion, and Politics
Tamara Sonn
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Description for Islam: History, Religion, and Politics
Paperback. Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the core teachings, historical development, and contemporary public struggles of Islam. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the core teachings, historical development, and contemporary public struggles of Islam.
Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the core teachings, historical development, and contemporary public struggles of Islam.
- Features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and the ongoing struggles for representative governance throughout the Muslim world
- Includes up-to-date analysis of the civil wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, including the rise of terrorist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS
- Spans Islamic history from the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islamic ideals, through Islam’s phenomenal geographical expansion and cultural development, to the creation ... Read more
- Written by a leading scholar of Islamic studies
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118972304
SKU
V9781118972304
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Ref
99-2
About Tamara Sonn
Tamara Sonn is the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She has published numerous books, including Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History (1996), Comparing Religions through Law: Judaism and Islam (with J. Neusner, 1999), and most recently The Religion Toolkit: A Complete Guide to ... Read more
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