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Denny, Frederick Mathewson was born on March 2, 1939 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Franklin Eulah and Ella Mabel (Mathewson) Denny.
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An Introduction to Islam, Fourth Edition, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author's extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject also sets his text apart. An Introduction to Islam places Islam within a cultural, political, social, and religious context, and examines its connections with Judeo-Christian morals. Its integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables readers to see how Muslims think and live, engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes. This text also reviews pre-Islamic history, so readers can see how Islam developed historically.
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This comprehensive text combines the historical and the topical into an accessible introduction to the Islamic tradition and the worldwide Muslim community. It interprets the doctrines, devotional practices, and institutions of Islam and provides a ready understanding of world events involving Muslims: the Islamic Jihad movements, the controversy over the adoption of Islamic holy law, and the Islamic revival. Denny explicates the doctrines, ritual practices, and institutional forms of Islam with special attention to their sources in the Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture, and the Sunna, the record of Muhammad's teachings and personal example. He explores the Shari'a--Islam's holy law--both in its content and its practical application. He also examines the differences between the Sunni and the Shi'i forms of Islam in their historical, theological, and sociopolitical perspectives. Importantly, the book provides a sense of Islamic spirituality and its persisting mystical tradition, strongly influenced by Sufism.
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Denny, Frederick Mathewson was born on March 2, 1939 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Franklin Eulah and Ella Mabel (Mathewson) Denny.
AB, College of William and Mary, 1961; Bachelor of Divinity, Andover-Newton (Massachusetts) Theological School, 1965; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1974.
Instructor in religious studies, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, N.H., 1964-1967; lecturer in religious studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1971-1972; assistant professor religious studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1972-1978; associate professor religious studies, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1978-1988; professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1988.
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Member American Academy Religion (regional president 1987-1988, chair Islam section 1986-1988), American Oriental Society, American Research Center in Egypt, Society for the Science Study of Religion, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alexandra Ivanoff, August 25, 1962. Children: Joshua Mathewson, Sydney Eldridge.