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Islam : the religion and the people
- Title
- Islam : the religion and the people / Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Churchill.
- Author
- Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018.
- Publication
- Indianopolis : Wharton Press, c2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Churchill, Buntzie Ellis, 1939-
- Description
- xvi, 237 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "For many people, Islam remains a mystery. Here Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill examine Islam: what its adherents believe and how their religion has shaped them, their rich and diverse cultures, and their politics over more than 14 centuries."--Book jacket.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The faith and the faithful -- The pillars of the faith -- Scripture, tradition and law -- The mosque -- Diversity and tolerance -- Sunni, Shiʻa, and others -- Some history -- Government and opposition -- The wider world of Islam -- Islam and the economy -- Women in Islam -- Dress -- Language and writing -- War and peace -- Radical Islam.
- Call Number
- *OGC 08-7476
- ISBN
- 0132230852 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780132230858 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008023257
- OCLC
- 229446363
- Author
- Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018.
- Title
- Islam : the religion and the people / Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Churchill.
- Imprint
- Indianopolis : Wharton Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Churchill, Buntzie Ellis, 1939-
- Research Call Number
- *OGC 08-7476