Understanding Islam
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- Author Jerald F.Dirks
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Jerald F.Dirks
In Understanding, Islam Dr. Dirks offers a timely and factually correct alternative to understand Islam. It is written for the Western, and primarily Christian, reader. The primary focus of the Book is on what is termed Sunni Islam, i.e., the Islam practiced by approximately 85-90% of self processed Muslims in the world. The book is unique in several respects. It treats Islam from its own point of view. It is written by a natural born American for the Western reader, and thus may avoid some of the cultural overlay that accompanies some books on Islam written by other Muslim authors. The author is American and in the Middle East, thus offering a broader perspective than would have otherwise been possible. As a convert from Christianity to Islam, and as a former ordained minister within Christianity, the author does a very good job of expounding the commonalities and contrasts of Islam with Judaism and Christianity, while still avoiding the temptation and distart Islam by interpreting it from within a Hudaeo-Christian perspective. The reader is introduced to Islam almost exclusively through the two primary sources of Islam, i.e., the Qur’an and the Sunnah, which are the only completely authoritative source on Islam.
(9781590080214/1871)
In Understanding, Islam Dr. Dirks offers a timely and factually correct alternative to understand Islam. It is written for the Western, and primarily Christian, reader. The primary focus of the Book is on what is termed Sunni Islam, i.e., the Islam practiced by approximately 85-90% of self processed Muslims in the world. The book is unique in several respects. It treats Islam from its own point of view. It is written by a natural born American for the Western reader, and thus may avoid some of the cultural overlay that accompanies some books on Islam written by other Muslim authors. The author is American and in the Middle East, thus offering a broader perspective than would have otherwise been possible. As a convert from Christianity to Islam, and as a former ordained minister within Christianity, the author does a very good job of expounding the commonalities and contrasts of Islam with Judaism and Christianity, while still avoiding the temptation and distart Islam by interpreting it from within a Hudaeo-Christian perspective. The reader is introduced to Islam almost exclusively through the two primary sources of Islam, i.e., the Qur’an and the Sunnah, which are the only completely authoritative source on Islam.
(9781590080214/1871)
