8vo. 447 pp., Dutch text, numerous b/w illustrations, maps, pictorial publisher’s original wrappers with illustrated flaps, index, biblio, glossary, spine lightly faded, otherwise copy in very good condition, Uitgeverij SUN, Nijmegen, 1997.

Synopsis

[In the House of Islam]. Islamic studies by various contributors. Some of the contents discuss: Geographic spread of Islam; Cosmology, Organisation and Appearances; Duties and Rituals; Mysticism; Innovative Thinking and Secularism; The Emergence of Islam; Contemporary Approach to Islamic Law; Science in Islamic Society; Islamic Art & Architecture; Calligraphy; Economy; Islam & Politics; Islam in the Western Metropolis; Moslems in Netherlands and Belgium.