Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. By Tamin Ansary
The past decade has seen a marked rise in interest in Islam both within and outside of the academy. Tamim Ansary has noted this niche market and accommodated accordingly. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes is prefaced with an important condition. Ansary, an Afghan-America...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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Literature and theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 449-451 |
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| Summary: | The past decade has seen a marked rise in interest in Islam both within and outside of the academy. Tamim Ansary has noted this niche market and accommodated accordingly. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes is prefaced with an important condition. Ansary, an Afghan-American, openly admits that he is neither a scholar nor is the work to be considered a thesis, rather his aim is to tell a ‘story’ and ‘convey what Muslims think happened, because that’s what has motivated Muslims over the ages and what makes their role in world history intelligible’ (p. xxi). That said, however, he is an author and public speaker and such qualities are reflected in his engagingly accessible writing style. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frq054 |