TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Clinton
TI  - Studying Islam
T2  - Studying world religions
SN  - 9780826495501
AV  - BP 42 .B46 2010
U1  - 297.071 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Islam
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Religion
KW  - General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index; Introduction: studying Islam:  identifying issues -- Seminal personality and scripture -- Community dimension and social involvement -- Conceptual framework and ethics -- Rituals and spirituality -- Aesthetics/material dimension
N2  - Summary; This first volume in the Studying World Religions 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. 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
ER  -