The winner of the 2001 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. Sacco spent five months in Bosnia in 1996; immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime; researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage; emerging with this astonishing first-person account. Praised by The New York Times; Brill's Content and Publishers Weekly; Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of Palestine) spent five months in Bosnia in 1996; immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime; researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde; which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde; entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world; electricity or running water. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens; political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. What do Muslims believe?By A CustomerNagel; professor of Islamic theology at Göttingen; writes from outside Islam and in the rationalist-historical tradition to explicate what Muslims have believed; using a style often found in western theological studies of Christianity that are based in history rather than faith. He has intentionally refrained "from rashly pointing out parallels or similarities between Islam and Christianity; because this tends to be misleading.... It is more important and helpful to recognize-and accept-the different nature of the other faith." He methodically examines the nature and meaning of the Qur'an; the nature of faith; concepts of salvation; the literary traditions of hadith and kalam; the role of rationalism in the major schools of Islamic thought; revelation; philosophy; gnosis; orthodoxy and; as he moves from the classical to the modern era; ideology. The book concludes with a relatively brief annotated list of further readings. Useful for the serious non-specialist reader.7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Superbly translated from the original German into EnglishBy Midwest Book ReviewThe History Of Islamic Theology: From Muhammad To The Present is a thoughtful; informative; careflly presented and scholarly tracing of the evolution of Islamic doctrine from its origins down to the present day. Written by Islamic theology and history expert Tilman Nagel (University of Gottingen; Germany); The History Of Islamic Theology has been superbly translated from the original German into English by Thomas Thornton. While the primary focus is on the early development of Islam in the ninth through twelfth centuries; Nagel also reveals the many ways in which Muslims from around the world have carried the precepts and doctrines of Islam into contemporary times. A strongly recommended addition to Islamic Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections; The History Of Islamic Theology is also available in a hard cover edition (1558762027;).
