Muhammad by Karen Armstrong
A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong. 'Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims' MUSLIM NEWS Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it - Judaism and Christianity.
Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying * SUNDAY TIMES *
Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims * MUSLIM NEWS *
Respectful without being reverential, knowledgeable without being pedantic and, above all, readable * ECONOMIST *
This book is a significant help to understanding the religious experience of Islam and of the fascinating life of Muhammad in particular * GLASGOW HERALD *
One of our best living writers on religion * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims * MUSLIM NEWS *
Respectful without being reverential, knowledgeable without being pedantic and, above all, readable * ECONOMIST *
This book is a significant help to understanding the religious experience of Islam and of the fascinating life of Muhammad in particular * GLASGOW HERALD *
One of our best living writers on religion * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Karen Armstrong spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, an experience she recollected in her bestselling autobiography, THROUGH THE NARROW GATE. She is the author of the worldwide bestseller, A HISTORY OF GOD (which has now appeared in more than thirty languages), the acclaimed HISTORY OF JERUSALEM and, most recently, BUDDHA in the Weidenfeld & Nicolson Lives series. She is a teacher at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and, in 1999, she received the Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842126080 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842126083 |
| Title | Muhammad |
| Author | Karen Armstrong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2001-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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