Farid Esack

Broschiertes Buch

The Qur'an

A Beginner's Guide

Beschreibung

Arguably the most powerful book in the world it has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is lawmaker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique literary work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the approaches that have been used to interpret it (fundamentalist, feminist and modernist).

Autor

Farid Esack has an international reputation as a Muslim scholar, speaker, and human rights activist. He has lectured widely on religion and Islamic Studies and also served as a Commissioner for Gender Equality in Nelson Mandela's government. He is the author of Qur'an, Liberation and Pluralism and On Being a Muslim, and co-editor (with Sarah Chiddy) of Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice (all published by Oneworld). He is currently the Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Visiting Professor of Contemporary Islam at Harvard University.

Produktdetails

• Beginner's Guides
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 131mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781851686247
• ISBN-10: 185168624X
• Artikelnr.: 25460718