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Islam: A Short History - Karen Armstrong
Islam: A Short History
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781898801580 (1898801584)
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Series: Modern Library Chronicles 6 (#2)
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Thus Spake Dustin
Thus Spake Dustin rated it
4.0 Review of Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong, Islam: A Short History (New York: The Modern Library, 2002). Pp. 230. Paperback $15.95. I was going through used bookstores in Omaha last week and I came across this book. It was a decent price, and I’ve been looking for a book about the history of the Middle East. I want to be be...
spoko
spoko rated it
It's a good book, though pretty brief in parts. It makes an OK introduction, though, for precisely that reason. A more significant complaint might be that it's not objective. There is a distinctive thread running through Armstrong's work, which is her belief that the "true" form of any religion is...
demerson19
demerson19 rated it
3.0 Islam: A Short History
Armstrong has a lot of knowledge and she tries to stuff too much of it in this short history. Either a broader perspective or a longer book would be better. I would recommend Reza Aslan's "No god but God" over this, or at least read it before reading this.
spocksbro
spocksbro rated it
When I watch our pundits pontificate on affairs in the Middle East, I usually wind up pounding my forehead on the table: Things can't possibly be as simple as all that, and this "short history" of Islam proves that.As usual, Armstrong packs a lot of information into a small package. This is a high a...
cjc
cjc rated it
3.0 Islam: A Short History
A great first book for Westerners on Islam -- but not a great only book on the history and ideologies of the tradition. Readers will get a good grounding for further reading, but those who stop here will have serious gaps in their knowledge of the subject.
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