Studying Islam: The Critical Issues

by Clinton Bennett

<div><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 27.5pt">T</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">his volume in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Studying World Religions </i>series is an essential guide to the study of the Islamic faith. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including historical foundations, scripture, society, thought, ethics, rituals, spirituality and aesthetics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching Islam for the first time.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Rather than attempting to cover all the material, the critical and methodological issues that students need to grasp in the study of Islam - and religion in general - are drawn out, and the major contemporary debates explored. With helpful suggestions for further study, pointing students towards material such as primary sources (scriptures), films and novels and including ideas for teaching, discussion topics and exercises, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Studying Islam </i>is the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>perfect companion for the fledgling student of Islam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span> </p></div>>

224 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 2009