©1979 Fazlur Rahman; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
"terrible book"
I dislike this book intensely. The description of the book on Audio webpage is misleading. Mr.Rahman wrote his book many years ago, in an archaic style with sentences so complex they do not lend to audio listening, with subordinate clauses within subordinate clauses. He also seems to be talking to an audience that is already very well educated in Islam, and fails to define many terms or concepts.Despite my basic knowledge of Islam and of history, I did not learn much at all listening, and became so frustrated that I deleted the rest of the book. Additionally he is argumentative with other scholars rather than educative to the student.
"Excellent Book on Islam"
Dr. Fazlur Rahman was one of the greatest Muslim scholars and this is an insightful book.