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Heart of Islam, The List
Price: $22.95 In The Heart of Islam one of the great intellectual figures in Islamic history
offers a timely presentation of the core spiritual and social values of Islam:
peace, compassion, social justice, and respect for the other. Seyyed Hossein
Nasr seeks to “open a spiritual and intellectual space for mutual understanding.” Exploring
Islamic values in scripture, traditional sources, and history, he also shows
their clear counterparts in the Jewish and Christian traditions, revealing the
common ground of the Abrahamic faiths. The Heart of Islam is a presentation of
enduring value that offers hope to humanity, and a compelling portrait of the
beauty and appeal of the faith of 1.2 billion people. Nasr challenges members
of the world’s civilizations to stop demonizing others while identifying
themselves with pure goodness and to turn instead to a deeper understanding
of those shared values that can solve the acute problems facing humanity today. Book
of Distinction: 2004 Seyyed Hossein Nasr was born in Tehran, Iran. He received his advanced education at M.I.T. and Harvard University, and returned to teach at Tehran University from 1958 to 1979, where he also served as dean of the Faculty of Letters and vice chancellor. He founded the Iranian Acedemy of Philosophy and served as its first president, and was also president of Aryamehr University for several years. Since 1984, he has been university professor of Islamic studies at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and president of the Foundation for Traditional Studies. |
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