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Seven Doors to Islam
Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims
Av John Renard
Häftad, 1996
400 kr
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Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to …
Windows on the House of Islam
Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life
Av John Renard
Häftad, 1998
428 kr
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Over the centuries and across the globe, Muslim authors and artists have given moving testimony to their experience of being members of the Islamic community. Their many vantage points come together in this collection, one that represents major Islamic groups from the past through the present and …
Friends of God
Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2008
307 kr
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Prophets, saints, martyrs, sages, and seers - one of the richest repositories of lore about such exemplary religious figures belongs to the world's approximately 1.3 billion Muslims. Illuminating some of the most delightful tales in world religious literature, this engaging book is the first truly …
Islam and Christianity
Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as …
Fighting Words
Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2012
913 kr
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One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the …
Tales of God’s Friends
Islamic Hagiography in Translation
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2009
443 kr
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This remarkable collection gathers a breathtakingly diverse selection of primary texts from the vast repertoire of Islamic stories about holy men and women - also known as Friends of God - who were exemplary for their piety, intimacy with God, and service to their fellow human beings. Translated …
Islam and Christianity
Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2011
307 kr
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In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as …
Fighting Words
Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2012
443 kr
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One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the …
Islamic Theological Themes
A Primary Source Reader
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2014
1156 kr
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Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduced …
Islamic Theological Themes
A Primary Source Reader
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2014
500 kr
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Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduced …
Crossing Confessional Boundaries
Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2020
823 kr
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Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another’s communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the …
Crossing Confessional Boundaries
Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2020
307 kr
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Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another’s communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the …
Seven Doors to Islam
Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims
Av John Renard
E-bok, 1996
453 kr
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Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world''s one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to …
Friends of God
Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2008
520 kr
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Prophets, saints, martyrs, sages, and seers—one of the richest repositories of lore about such exemplary religious figures belongs to the world''s approximately 1.3 billion Muslims. Illuminating some of the most delightful tales in world religious literature, this engaging book is the first truly …
Islam and Christianity
Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2011
509 kr
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In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as …
Fighting Words
Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2012
520 kr
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One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the …
Islamic Theological Themes
A Primary Source Reader
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2014
589 kr
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Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduced …
All the King's Falcons
Rumi on Prophets and Revelation
Av John Renard
Häftad, 1994
463 kr
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Looks at Rumi's insights into the meaning of the second half of the basic Muslim creed, namely, the nature and function of revelation through prophets.All the King's Falcons draws out Rumi's distinctive and creative insights into Islamic religious culture by focusing on his treatment of prophets as …
A to Z of Sufism
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2009
779 kr
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With more than 3,000 entries and cross-references on the history, main figures, institutions, theory, and literary works associated with Islam''s mystical tradition, Sufism, this dictionary brings together in one volume, extensive historical information that helps put contemporary events into a …
A to Z of Sufism
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2009
711 kr
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With more than 3,000 entries and cross-references on the history, main figures, institutions, theory, and literary works associated with Islam's mystical tradition, Sufism, this dictionary brings together in one volume, extensive historical information that helps put contemporary events into a …
Historical Dictionary of Sufism
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2015
2120 kr
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The most broadly accepted explanation of Sufism i the etymological derivation of the term from the Arabic for “wool,” ?uf, associating practitioners with a preference for poor, rough clothing. This explanation clearly identifies Sufism with ascetical practice and the importance of manifesting …
Rumi
A Life in Pictures
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 2021
1351 kr
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Picturing the life story of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a premier Muslim mystic and the original Whirling Dervish, the images in three extant manuscripts of Aflaki’s Wondrous Feats of the Knowers of God provide a unique way to interpret the text. Part One: History and Context provides the medieval Anatolian …
Handy Religon Answer Book
Second Edition
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2012
458 kr
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The Handy Religion Answer Book provides solid descriptions of major beliefs and rituals worldwide, affording the reader an understanding of contemporary religion. Providing detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, membership, leaders, and organization …
Handy Religion Answer Book
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2012
265 kr
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An engaging question-and-answer guide to the world''s major religions. Why do conflicts in the name of God persist—even though religious scholars agree that all great religions are based on love, not carnage? What do different faiths have to say about God? About the afterlife? The spiritual world …
Handy Religion Answer Book
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2012
265 kr
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Providing detailed descriptions of the beliefs, rituals, history, and organization of the world’s eight major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto, this fully revised and updated edition is an easy-to-use comparative …
Handy Islam Answer Book
Av John Renard
Häftad, 2015
433 kr
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The Handy Islam Answer Book is clearly and eloquently written by John Renard, Ph.D., a scholar of Islam with more than 40 years of research and teaching experience. He provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders and organisation of the …
Handy Islam Answer Book
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2015
265 kr
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A western, non-Muslim, Islamic scholar demystifies and explains one of the world’s great religious traditions! In an age of continued Middle East volatility, religious extremists, and terrorist threats, the mere mention of Islam and Muslims too often provokes misunderstanding and even rancor. Often …
Handy Islam Answer Book
Av John Renard
E-bok, 2015
257 kr
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A western Islamic scholar demystifies and explains one of the world’s great religious traditions! In an age of continued Middle East volatility, religious extremists, and terrorist threats, the mere mention of Islam and Muslims too often provokes misunderstanding and even rancor. Often overlooked …
All the King's Falcons
Rumi on Prophets and Revelation
Av John Renard
Inbunden, 1994
1111 kr
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Looks at Rumi's insights into the meaning of the second half of the basic Muslim creed, namely, the nature and function of revelation through prophets.All the King's Falcons draws out Rumi's distinctive and creative insights into Islamic religious culture by focusing on his treatment of prophets as …
