Islam and the Destiny of Man

Description

The aim of this book, presented here for the first time as a fully revised and updated paperback, is to explore what it means to be a Muslim—-a member of a community which embraces a quarter of the world’s population—-and to describe the forces which have shaped their hearts and minds. In this wide-ranging study the author is concerned not simply with Islam in isolation, but with the very nature of religious faith, its spiritual and intellectual foundations and the light it casts upon the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition.

Author Biography

Charles Le Gai Eaton was born in Switzerland and educated at Charter house and King s College, Cambridge. He worked for many years as a teacher and journalist in Jamaica and Egypt (where he embraced Islam in 1951) before joining the British Diplomatic Service. He later served as a consultant to the Islamic Cultural Centre in London. Among his other titles are In the Castle and Remembering God.