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The World's Religions
For more than forty-five years this study guide has introduced readers to the origins and teachings of major non-Christian faiths. In this fourth edition the contents of the book have been entirely revised, with many of the chapters completely rewritten.
Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernize Islam
Western Christians in the twentieth century viewed Islam through a lens of social and political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval and early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways. J. N. D. (Norman) Anderson (1908-94), a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam, embodied this new orientation in his commitment to 'modernize' Islam. Anderson's engagement with Islam as a missionary, intelligence agent, scholar of Islamic law and advisor to various Muslim governments, spanned multiple decades and continents. As w...
Christianity and Comparative Religion
"Today the Eastern religions are evoking more and more interest among those who feel disillusioned with organized Christianity or dissatisfied with affluent Western society. It is also increasingly necessary that we should have some understanding of the religions of many of our fellow-citizens. Comparative religion has therefore become a subject of practical importance. Professor Anderson here looks at some of the great religions from a number of different angles. Stressing the unique historical event on which Christian faith is based, he compares the origins, concepts of 'salvation' and views of God found in Christianity and the other world religions." - Publisher
Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernise Islam
The biography of an influential scholar and lawyer who shaped Western knowledge of Islamic law and of reform within Islam.
The Evidence for the Resurrection
Norman Anderson examines the validity of the events surrounding Jesus' resurrection.
Islamic Law in Africa
In many parts of Africa three different systems of laws are concurrently applied – the imported "Colonial" law, the indigenous customary law and Islamic law. In some countries the customary and the Islamic law are kept separate and distinct, while in others they are fused into a single system. This volume represents a unique survey of the extent to which Islamic law is in fact applied in those parts of East and West Africa which were at one time under British administration. It examines the relevant legislation and case law, much of which has never appeared in any Law Reports; the judges and courts which apply it and the problems to which its application give rise.
