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Islam - (Modern Library Chronicles) by Karen Armstrong (Paperback)

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  • No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam.
  • About the Author: Karen Armstrong is one of the world's foremost scholars on religious affairs.
  • 272 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Islam
  • Series Name: Modern Library Chronicles

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About the Book



From one of the world's foremost historians and thinkers on religious affairs comes the bestselling history of Islam, "a small gem, bristling with insight and sensitive historical analysis of a misunderstood and much maligned faith" ("The Washington Post"). (World Religions)



Book Synopsis



No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing about the subject, Karen Armstrong s short history demonstrates that the world s fastest-growing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest."



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"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



About the Author



Karen Armstrong is one of the world's foremost scholars on religious affairs. She is the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Battle for God, Buddha, Jerusalem, A History of God, and Through the Narrow Gate, a memoir of her seven years as a nun. She lives in London.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.19 Inches (W) x .59 Inches (D)
Weight: .44 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Islam
Series Title: Modern Library Chronicles
Publisher: Modern Library
Theme: History
Format: Paperback
Author: Karen Armstrong
Language: English
Street Date: August 6, 2002
TCIN: 1006741331
UPC: 9780812966183
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-4966
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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