Windows on the House of Islam Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life

Name: Windows on the House of Islam Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life
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ISBN: 9780520209763

ISBN-10: 0520209761

ISBN-13: 9780520209763

Edition: 1998

Authors: John Renard

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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 covers a range of themes essential to understanding Islamic spirituality and religious life. More than thirty leading Islam scholars present translations originating from a dozen languages, including Arabic, Persian, Chinese, and Indonesian. Texts include samples of virtually every major literary form of significance to the Muslim faith: the Qur'an, hadith, scriptural commentary, letters,…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/18/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 450
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

John Renard, who has a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Harvard University, is Professor of Theological Studies at St. Louis University.



List of Illustrations


Preface



Foundations: Prophetic Revelation



Devotion: Ritual and Personal Prayer



Inspiration: Edification and Ethics



Aesthetics: From Allegory to Arabesque



Community: Society, Institutions, and Patronage



Pedagogy: Fanning Spark into Flame



Experience: Testimony, Paradigm, and Critique



Text Distribution



Art Program Distribution


Notes


Suggestions for Further Reading


About the Contributors


Index of Qur'anic Citations


General Index