Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader

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Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader

Award-winning professor John Kaltner's new work offers a general introduction and orientation to the Qur'an. It surveys the origin, structure, contents, study, and use of Islam's sacred text. Offering selective rather than comprehensive coverage, the work allows for discussion and analysis of specific themes and issues of interest to modern readers.

Following an introduction that describes and situates how the Qur'an is both studied and experienced, Kaltner's book takes up the following themes by chapter to foster a contemporary understanding and appreciation of the Qur'an: the natural environment, Muslim life, gender and sexuality, non-Muslims and the Other, jihad, war and peace, and life after death. Significant passages from the Qur'an are identified and analyzed, with a special focus on how modern scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, understand them. Kaltner intersperses his book with numerous photographs and textboxes to emphasize and highlight important elements of the Qur'an, its history, and its relevance to contemporary life.
Country USA
Brand Fortress Press
Manufacturer Fortress Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780800696665
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780800696665
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Fortress Press
Manufacturer	Fortress Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780800696665
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780800696665
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader

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