John Alden Williams: 2 books

The editor wishes to thank the following for permission to reprint the material included in this volume: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.--for selection from F. Rahman, Prophecy in Islam [London, 1959]; and The Macmillan Company (New York) for selections from A. J. Arberry, trans., Sufism [London 1950];--and...

This timely work explores two influential religious traditions that might seem to have little in common: Twelver Shi'i Islam and Roman Catholicism. With the worldwide rise of religious fundamentalism, it is imperative that religious movements such as Christianity and Islam begin working harder to...