Introducing the Qur’an: For Today’s Reader

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“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 chapterto 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 itsrelevance to contemporary life” — Publisher description.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fortress Pr
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 February 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 251 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0800696662
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0800696665
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 431 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.2 x 3 x 22.9 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Importer ‏ : ‎ Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., 7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi – 110002 INDIA, Email – customercare@atlanticbooks.com, Ph – 011-47320500
Best Sellers Rank: #222,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,931 in Islam (Books)
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