TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen, Roger M. A 
AU  - Toorawa, Shawkat M 
TI  - Islam: a short guide to the faith 
SN  - 9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)  
AV  - BP165 .I74 2011  
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Islam
KW  - Essence, genius, nature
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index; |tIslam /|rShawkat M. Toorawa --|tQur'an /|rRoger Allen -- |tMuhammad /|rTahera Qutbuddin --|tHadith and Sunna / |rScott C. Lucas --|tShariʻa /|rAron Zysow --|tIslamic philosophy /|rJon McGinnis --|tSufism /|rAhmet T. Karamustafa --|tShiʻites, Shiʻism /|rAbdulaziz Sachedina - -|tSunnis, Sunnism /|rScott C. Lucas --|tMosque /|rRuba Kana'an --|tIslamic government /|rJoseph E. Lowry --        |tWomen and Islam /|rHomayra Ziad --|tIslam and Judaism / |rMark S. Wagner --|tIslam and Christianity /|rPaul Löffler and Mark N. Swanson --|tIslam in America /|rJane I. Smith
N2  - In Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith, editors Roger Allen and Shawkat M. Toorawa have assembled fifteen chapters by fifteen noted scholars, each of which provides a lucid description and exploration of an aspect of Islam, its institutions, doctrines, and interactions, notably with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world
ER  -