Introduction to Islam

Frederick M. Denny's extensive fieldwork, experience, and scholarship, combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject, sets An Introduction to Islam, Third Edition apart. This text provides students with a thorough and unified topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. It places Islam within a cultural, historical, political, social, and religious context and examines its connections with Jewish and Christian teachings and practices. The text's integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables students to see how Muslims think and live engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes. An Introduction to Islam also reviews pre-Islamic Near Eastern religious history so students can see how Islam developed within an extended family of similar traditions. The third edition has a brand new chapter, "Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a Vision of an 'Islam without Borders'." This chapter focuses on Islam and Muslims in the post-9/11 world. Book jacket.Denny, Frederick M. is the author of 'Introduction to Islam', published 1993 under ISBN 9780023285196 and ISBN 0023285192.