{"product_id":"9781780747828","title":"Misquoting Muhammad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eMisquoting Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e is a book I wish I had the money to buy for all my friends and colleagues, because it presents readers with a guide to Islamic thought that portrays it not as a fixed entity but as a complex product of utterly human machinations... Ultimately, Brown teaches a simple, if vital, lesson: Authenticity is elusive in religion, and those who claim it tend not to be searching for the truth but grasping for power.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e— Pacific Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes rumor, sometimes based on fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion’s founding moments. They were developed, like in other world religions, over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMisquoting Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view into how key and controversial aspects of Islam took shape. \u003ci\u003eMisquoting Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e lays out how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelation, weigh science and religion, and negotiate the eternal truths of scripture amid shifting values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062296953072,"sku":"9781780747828","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780747828_p0.jpg?v=1763714081","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780747828","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}