01930cam a2200349 i 4500 1164377269 TxAuBib 20150314120000.0 140825s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014033780 9781578595105 paperback 157859510X paperback (OCoLC)880566392 DLC eng rda DLC IG# YDXCP BDX BTCTA UKMGB YCC B@L OCLCF XII OCLCO UOK TxAuBib rda Renard, John, 1944- The handy Islam answer book / John Renard. Detroit, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2015. xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-392) and index. An overview of Islam -- Islam's growth into a global community -- Politics and contemporary global affairs -- Sacred sources and their interpretation -- Essential beliefs -- Symbols, rituals, and religious observances -- Themes in Islamic spirituality -- Authority, law, and ethics -- Islam and other faiths -- Culture and religion -- Knowledge, scholarship, and the Islamic humanities -- Aesthetics, literature, the visual and spatial Arts. "Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world's second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Qur'an, Islamic law, and much more"--Provided by publisher. 20150509. Islam. TXKIP