Islam

By:

Karen Armstrong

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Universal History

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In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the world's refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra-republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in Algeria or Afghanistan, the struggle for the soul of Turkey, or political turmoil in Pakistan or Malaysia, the Islamic context permeates all these situations. Karen Armstrong's elegant and concise book traces how Islam grew from the other religions of the book, Judaism and Christianity; introduces us to the character of Muhammed; and demonstrates that for much of its history, the religion has been a force for enlightenment that promoted liberties for women and allowed the arts and sciences to flourish. Islam shows how this progressive legacy is today often set aside as the faith struggles to come to terms with the economic and political weakness of most of its believers and with the forces of modernity itself.

Author Biography:

Karen Armstrong spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, an experience she recollected in her two volumes of best selling autobiography, THROUGH THE NARROW GATE and BEGINNING THE WORLD. She is the author of the world wide best seller, A HISTORY OF GOD (which has now appeared in more than thirty languages), the acclaimed HISTORY OF JERUSALEM and, most recently, THE BATTLE FOR GOD. She is a teacher at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and, in 1999, she received the Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award.

Release date NZ

December 3rd, 2001

Author

Karen Armstrong

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

224

Series

Universal History

Dimensions

132x196x18

ISBN-13

9781842125830

Product ID

1689336

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