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LEADER: 02052cam a2200265 a 4500
001 2010045032
003 DLC
005 20130607082216.0
008 101020s2011 mnuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010045032
020 $a9780800696665 (alk. paper)
020 $a0800696662 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn646121931
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dSLT$dBWX$dCDX$dXPQ$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBP130$b.K35 2011
082 00 $a297.1/2261$222
100 1 $aKaltner, John,$d1954-
245 10 $aIntroducing the Qur'an :$bfor today's reader /$cJohn Kaltner.
260 $aMinneapolis :$bFortress Press,$cc2011.
300 $axiv, 251 p. :$bill. (some col.), map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe natural environment -- Family matters -- Gender and sexuality -- Muslim/non-Muslim relations -- Jihād -- Violence and war -- Death and the afterlife
520 8 $a"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 chapter to 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 its relevance to contemporary life" -- Publisher description.
630 00 $aQurʼan$vIntroductions.