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If the oceans were ink : an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan / Carla Power.

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: x, 336 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780805098198 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • BP 80.P69 POW B 23
LOC classification:
  • BP80.P69 POW P695 2015
Contents:
Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.
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Books Books JST Library General Stacks BP<br>Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc. BP 80.P69 POW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Fr. Daniel Madigan SJ, 108881
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BP 80.M34 NAS Mawdudi and the making of Islamic revivalism BP 80.N32 EAR Early modern trends in Islamic theology BP 80.N89 SUK Bediüzzaman Said Nursi: BP 80.P69 POW If the oceans were ink : BP 80.Q86 CAL Sayyid Qutb and the origins of radical Islamism / BP 80.Q86 TOT Sayyid Qutb : BP 80.R343 BAU The theology of Tariq Ramadan :

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.

Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.

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