Comprehensive Catalog 2018-2019

GLOBAL STUDIES

UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

LEARN ABOUT ONE OF THE LARGEST RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD. A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE RELIGION AND ITS TEACHINGS.

This series is a valuable addition to any high school library.

— School Library Journal …emphasizes the diversity and geographic spread of Muslim cultures…provides readers with amuch-more nuanced picture thanWestern news media…color photographs are well chosen… “

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...the book effectively incorporates key icons throughout to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities, and expand acquaintance with various viewpoints on the content. Some of these icons include text-dependent questions, highlighted words with definitions, sidebars, and suggested research projects to encourage readers to explore the topic further. — Booklist

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— Library Media Connection In these trying times, this series would be a welcome addition to the high school library…appealing to the reluctant reader, as well as the more advanced reader… current information about the Muslim world and Islam

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General Editor: Dr. Shams Inati Islamic Studies Villanova University

8 VOLUME SET © 2017

Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3670-3 Hardcover Set Price ...........$276.80 Hardcover List Price ..............34.60 Multi-User eBook List Price ...43.93 Full color • Library bound Trim Size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ • 112 pages Grade Level: 7-12

$207.60 (S&L)   25.95 (S&L)   32.95 (S&L)

HBK ISBN E-ISBN

An Overview: Who are the Muslims? ...... -3677-2 -8115-4 Ideas & Daily Life in the Muslim  World Today ....................................... -3671-0 -8109-3 Islam: Core Beliefs and Practices ............-3672-7 -8110-9 Islamism & Fundamentalism in the  Modern World .................................... -3673-4 -8111-6 The Monotheistic Faiths: Judaism,  Christianity, and Islam ........................ -3674-1 -8112-3 Muslim Heroes and Holy Places ..............-3675-8 -8113-0 Muslims in America ................................-3676-5 -8114-7 The Struggle for Identity: Islam and  the West ............................................ -3678-9 -8116-1

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