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Understanding Islam

Audiobook

The story of Islam is one we urgently need to hear. Now Huston Smith, the legendary authority on comparative religions, summons a lifetime of scholarship and insight to offer this welcome listener's guide to the most persistently misunderstood religion in the world.
Smith takes us back to Islam's founding lineage, revealing its inspiration in Greek philosophy and its common roots with both Judaism and Christianity. With so much in common, most of all the precept of one all-powerful God, how has Islam come to inspire fear and bewilderment in the West? Join Huston Smith as he makes accessible this difficult subject, including:

  • The prophet Mohammed's founding of Islam in the seventh century, his flight to Medina, and final battle to bring one God to the tribes of the Mideast
  • The Koran: its sacred law mentions mercy 192 times, and vengeance only 17 times, yet is perceived as a tool for violence far beyond Islamic borders
  • Women under Islam: the surprising truth about the rights of women as described in the Koran, and much more
    Distilled from Huston Smith's monumental work Religions of the World audio seminar, and complete with a new, updated introduction, Understanding Islam brings a voice of understanding to this most challenging of the wisdom traditions.
    Note: Excerpted from the full-length audio course Religions of the World.


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    Publisher: Sounds True Edition: Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook

    • ISBN: 9781604073676
    • File size: 37913 KB
    • Release date: July 23, 2007
    • Duration: 01:18:59

    MP3 audiobook

    • ISBN: 9781604073676
    • File size: 37963 KB
    • Release date: July 23, 2007
    • Duration: 01:18:59
    • Number of parts: 1

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    Languages

    English

    The story of Islam is one we urgently need to hear. Now Huston Smith, the legendary authority on comparative religions, summons a lifetime of scholarship and insight to offer this welcome listener's guide to the most persistently misunderstood religion in the world.
    Smith takes us back to Islam's founding lineage, revealing its inspiration in Greek philosophy and its common roots with both Judaism and Christianity. With so much in common, most of all the precept of one all-powerful God, how has Islam come to inspire fear and bewilderment in the West? Join Huston Smith as he makes accessible this difficult subject, including:

  • The prophet Mohammed's founding of Islam in the seventh century, his flight to Medina, and final battle to bring one God to the tribes of the Mideast
  • The Koran: its sacred law mentions mercy 192 times, and vengeance only 17 times, yet is perceived as a tool for violence far beyond Islamic borders
  • Women under Islam: the surprising truth about the rights of women as described in the Koran, and much more
    Distilled from Huston Smith's monumental work Religions of the World audio seminar, and complete with a new, updated introduction, Understanding Islam brings a voice of understanding to this most challenging of the wisdom traditions.
    Note: Excerpted from the full-length audio course Religions of the World.


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    • Details

      Publisher:
      Sounds True
      Edition:
      Unabridged

      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      ISBN: 9781604073676
      File size: 37913 KB
      Release date: July 23, 2007
      Duration: 01:18:59

      MP3 audiobook
      ISBN: 9781604073676
      File size: 37963 KB
      Release date: July 23, 2007
      Duration: 01:18:59
      Number of parts: 1

    • Creators
    • Formats
      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      MP3 audiobook
    • Languages
      English