by Karen Armstrong  Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p.[267]-280) and index... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies 
by J Rodwell Publisher Comments The Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD 632.It has exerted untold influence upon the history of mankind. Apart... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by John Baldock Synopsis A Compact yet thoroughly informative series on philosophical and religious topics, written with the general reader in mind.... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Reza Aslan Publisher Comments Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded by ignorance and fear. What is the essence of this ancient faith? Is it a religion of peace or war? How does Allah differ from the God of Jews and Christians? Can an Islamic... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Karen Armstrong Synopsis A concise and comprehensive study of recent events in New York.... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by David Levering Lewis 
Powells.com Staff Pick God's Crucible is an eye-opener. It's a finely written history of the early years of Islam. Many westerners will come away from the book with new understandings of the intersection of religions and cultures which spawned the Crusades. Recommended by... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Daniel Ladinsky Publisher Comments From the renowned translator of The Gift, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to Western readers To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Karen Armstrong
Powells.com Staff Pick In 1965, at the tender age of seventeen, Karen Armstrong took vows of poverty and chastity and entered a Catholic convent. However, she soon realized she was not suited to monastic life and left. Her experiences in the convent, though, never left... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Gabriel Mandel Khan Publisher Comments The Koran ?descended? upon a single man in the brief period of 23 years, during which Muhammad managed to unite the peoples of Arabia in one of history?s great religious movements. Follow Muhammad?s accomplishments and assess his great influence on Islam... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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Friday May 9, 2008
by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments Muhammad was born in 570 CE, and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, laying the foundations of a religion that changed the course of world history. There is more historical data on his life than on that of the founder of... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Geraldine Brooks
Publisher Comments Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brooks's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Rumi Publisher Comments Bahauddin, Rumi's father, was not only a major force in the development of Islamic spirituality, but also deeply influential in his son's life. This delightful and provocative collection reveals the depth of thirteenth-century Sufi mystical wisdom and... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by John C Lamoreaux Book News Annotation There is a rich tradition of dream interpretation manuals in the early history of Islam in which dream was seen as one of only paths to revelations from God after the death of the Prophet. Lamoreaux (religious studies, Southern Methodist U.) explores... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Knut S Vikor Publisher Comments The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God, who gave the law, and the state--the sultan--representing society and implementing the law... (read more) Your Price $21.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Yvonne Seng Publisher Comments If we pause long enough, we can hear, above the din of our planet's rapid globalization and technological advancement, the quiet voices of spiritual leaders from ancient faiths. Middle East historian Yvonne Seng asks, What can these modern Desert Fathers... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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