Historical Atlas of the Religions of the World

by Ismail R. al-Faruqi (Editor), David E. Sopher (Editor)

Historical Atlas of the Religions of the World [Jun 01, 1975] Sopher, David E. and Al Faruqi, Isma'il R.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

346 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1974

About the author

Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi (January 1, 1921 – May 27, 1986) was a Palestinian-American philosopher, widely recognised by his peers as an authority on Islam and comparative religion. He spent several years at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, then taught at several universities in North America, including McGill University in Montreal. He was Professor of Religion at Temple University, where he founded and chaired the Islamic Studies program. Dr. al-Faruqi was also the founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought. He wrote over 100 articles for various scholarly journals and magazines in addition to 25 books, of the most notable being Christian Ethics: A Historical and Systematic Analysis of Its Dominant Ideas. He also established the Islamic Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion and chaired it for ten years. He served as the vice-president of the Inter-Religious Peace Colloqium, The Muslim-Jewish-Christian Conference and as the president of the American Islamic College in Chicago.
Al-Faruqi and his wife, Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, were stabbed to death in their home in Wyncote, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1986.

Reviews

[Frederick Jackson]

Superb historical review of the world's major religions. Informative and detailed and at the same time very readable. Nicely produced in a large format with a nice selection of maps.