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Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood

Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood Paperback / softback - 2008

by John Renard

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Paperback / softback. New. Offering a global overview of Islamic hagiography, this book describes the characters beyond the Qur'an and Hadith. It is suitable for approaching the vast geographical and chronological sweep of Islamic civilization.
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  • Title Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood
  • Author John Renard
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition New
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2008-02-19
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780520251984
  • ISBN 9780520251984 / 0520251989
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.26 x 0.86 in (22.86 x 15.90 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Islamic hagiography - History and criticism, Legends, Islamic - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007028542
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the rear cover

"I know of no other work in Western scholarship and pedagogy of Islamic studies with the scope and depth of Friends of God. Renard does not only provide well organized, richly detailed, absorbing, and delightful coverage of the best known literature on Muslim saints and sainthood, but he also brings the reader into modern and contemporary contexts where the subject continues to be of considerable personal and communal spiritual importance. This book is new and urgently needed in today's world, whether in the university or across the global landscape of adult reflection on Islam and Muslims. "--Frederick Mathewson Denny, author of An Introduction to Islam and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, at Boulder

About the author

John Renard is Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He is author of Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims, Windows on the House of Islam (both from UC Press) and All the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation among many other books.