Islam in the Modern World Challenged by the West, Threatened by Fundamentalism, Keeping Faith with Tradition
The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses today’s hot button issues—including holy wars, women’s rights, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and the future of Moslems in the Middle East—in this groundbreaking discussion of the fastest-growing religion in the world. One of the great scholars in the modern Islamic intellectual tradition, and the acclaimed author of books such as The Garden of Truth and The Heart of Islam, Nasr brings incomparable insight to this exploration of Muslim issues and realities, delivering a landmark publication promoting cross-cultural awareness and world peace.
ReligionIslamSufiHistory
RELEASED2011
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH496
LANGUAGEEN
Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)
Islam in the Modern World Challenged by the West, Threatened by Fundamentalism, Keeping Faith with Tradition
The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses today’s hot button issues—including holy wars, women’s rights, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and the future of Moslems in the Middle East—in this groundbreaking discussion of the fastest-growing religion in the world. One of the great scholars in the modern Islamic intellectual tradition, and the acclaimed author of books such as The Garden of Truth and The Heart of Islam, Nasr brings incomparable insight to this exploration of Muslim issues and realities, delivering a landmark publication promoting cross-cultural awareness and world peace.
ReligionIslamSufiHistory
RELEASED2011
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH496
LANGUAGEEN
Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)
