LEADER 03240nam 2200553 450 001 9910811380603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61117-317-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001180411 035 $a(OCoLC)868268477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10827210 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12456400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11035215 035 $a(PQKB)10973679 035 $a(OCoLC)868068814 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2054817 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10827210 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL560467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2054817 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001180411 100 $a20140122h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSojourner in Islamic lands /$fRussell Fraser 210 1$aColumbia, South Carolina :$cThe University of South Carolina Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-61117-316-7 311 $a1-306-29216-6 330 $a"Sojourner in Islamic Lands takes us on a journey from Kazakhstan in the far north of Central Asia, across the mountains to the former Soviet Union, then south to Iran just below the Caspian Sea. Russell Fraser follows the ancient Silk Road wherever possible. For centuries the Silk Road was the primary commercial link between Europe and Asia, with much of it over desert sands and accessible only by camel. Building on history and personal experience, Fraser's narrative describes this vast territory with an eye to geography, artistic culture, and religion over more than two thousand years. The book that he gives us depends first of all on travel, but the author's eye is on an interior landscape, and he focuses on the influence of religious ideology on the cultural landscape of Central Asia. Delving deeply into art and architecture, he takes them to be Islam's most significant creative expressions. Although Islam is currently the predominant religion in the region, the book also examines the two other belief systems with modern-day followers--Christianity and an antireligious sect Fraser calls secular progressivism. His aim is to present Islam to Western readers by describing its achievements during the High Middle Ages and comparing and contrasting them with those of modern Islam. The book offers insights into the history of a major world religion through the eyes of a well-known literary scholar on a journey through exotic parts of the world. He steeps us in the latter, inviting the reader to share the journey with him and participate in the sensations it gives rise to"--$cProvided by publisher. 607 $aAsia, Central$xDescription and travel 607 $aIslamic countries$xDescription and travel 676 $a915.804/43 686 $aTRV003010$aREL037000$2bisacsh 700 $aFraser$b Russell A$0695531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811380603321 996 $aSojourner in Islamic lands$93938103 997 $aUNINA