{"product_id":"friends-of-god-islamic-images-of-piety-commitment-and-servanthood-paperback-1","title":"Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Renard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProphets, saints, martyrs, sages, and seers--one of the richest repositories of lore about such exemplary religious figures belongs to the world's approximately 1.3 billion Muslims. Illuminating some of the most delightful tales in world religious literature, this engaging book is the first truly global overview of Islamic hagiography. John Renard tells of the characters beyond the Qur'an and Hadith, whose stories of piety and service to God and humanity have captured hearts and minds for nearly fourteen hundred years. Renard's thematic approach to the major characters, narratives, social and cultural contexts, and theoretical concepts of this remarkable treasury of tales, based on material ranging from the eighth to the twentieth centuries and from countries ranging from Morocco to Malaysia, provides insight into the ways in which these stories have functioned in the lives of Muslims from diverse cultural, social, economic, and political backgrounds. The book also serves as a useful and evocative tool for approaching the vast geographical and chronological sweep of Islamic civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know of no other work in Western scholarship and pedagogy of Islamic studies with the scope and depth of \u003ci\u003eFriends of God\u003c\/i\u003e. Renard does not only provide well organized, richly detailed, absorbing, and delightful coverage of the best known literature on Muslim saints and sainthood, but he also brings the reader into modern and contemporary contexts where the subject continues to be of considerable personal and communal spiritual importance. This book is new and urgently needed in today's world, whether in the university or across the global landscape of adult reflection on Islam and Muslims. --Frederick Mathewson Denny, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Islam\u003c\/i\u003e and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, at Boulder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Renard\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eSeven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims, Windows on the House of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (both from UC Press) and \u003ci\u003eAll the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation\u003c\/i\u003e among many other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42570916364384,"sku":"9780520251984","price":82.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/S2tzcW1FYzdqelFxUE1nTFJPK05HZz09.webp?v=1770702918","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/friends-of-god-islamic-images-of-piety-commitment-and-servanthood-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}