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Islam A Short History Karen Armstrong Hardback Book 2000 Modern Library Edition
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Used, Good ConditionSome highlighting throughout the book”
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- ISBN
- 9780679640400
- Book Title
- Islam : a Short History
- Book Series
- Modern Library Chronicles Ser.
- Item Length
- 7.6 in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Islam / History, General, Islam / General, Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
About this product
Product Information
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of years of thinking and writing about Islam, it demonstrates that the world's fastest-growing faith is a much richer and more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest. Islam: A Short History begins with the flight of Muhammad and his family from Medina in the seventh century and the subsequent founding of the first mosques. It recounts the origins of the split between Shii and Sunni Muslims, and the emergence of Sufi mysticism; the spread of Islam throughout North Africa, the Levant, and Asia; the shattering effect on the Muslim world of the Crusades; the flowering of imperial Islam in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries into the world's greatest and most sophisticated power; and the origins and impact of revolutionary Islam. It concludes with an assessment of Islam today and its challenges. With this brilliant book, Karen Armstrong issues a forceful challenge to those who hold the view that the West and Islam are civilizations set on a collision course. It is also a model of authority, elegance, and economy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679640401
ISBN-13
9780679640400
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1655929
Product Key Features
Book Title
Islam : a Short History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Islam / History, General, Islam / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2000
Book Series
Modern Library Chronicles Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.6 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bp50.A69 2000
Reviews
"A small gem bristling with insight." - The Washington Post "A valuable corrective to the hostile caricatures of Islam that circulate in the English-speaking world. . . . Engaging and provocative." - The New York Times "Karen Armstrong, a respected and popular author of several books about religion . . . takes on a useful and formidable task in presenting the history of Islam in a single short volume. As many other such works have been written either by apologists or by those hostile to Islam, Armstrong's comprehensive and sympathetic work is welcome." - Los Angeles Times "In Armstrong's brisk narrative, the clichés evaporate fast. . . . A book like this is suddenly essential." - Entertainment Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition., "A small gem bristling with insight." -The Washington Post "A valuable corrective to the hostile caricatures of Islam that circulate in the English-speaking world. . . . Engaging and provocative." -The New York Times "Karen Armstrong, a respected and popular author of several books about religion . . . takes on a useful and formidable task in presenting the history of Islam in a single short volume. As many other such works have been written either by apologists or by those hostile to Islam, Armstrong's comprehensive and sympathetic work is welcome." -Los Angeles Times "In Armstrong's brisk narrative, the clichés evaporate fast. . . . A book like this is suddenly essential." -Entertainment Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition., "A small gem bristling with insight." - The Washington Post "A valuable corrective to the hostile caricatures of Islam that circulate in the English-speaking world. . . . Engaging and provocative." - The New York Times "Karen Armstrong, a respected and popular author of several books about religion . . . takes on a useful and formidable task in presenting the history of Islam in a single short volume. As many other such works have been written either by apologists or by those hostile to Islam, Armstrong's comprehensive and sympathetic work is welcome." - Los Angeles Times "In Armstrong's brisk narrative, the clichés evaporate fast. . . . A book like this is suddenly essential." - Entertainment Weekly
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-025285
Dewey Decimal
297/.09
Dewey Edition
21
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