Islam and the Destiny of Man
CHARLES LE GAI EATON
PAPERBACK 262 pages size: 234 x 156mm
Published: 1994 by The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge UK
ISBN: 0 946621 47 0

A new, revised edition, in paperback for the first time in the UK, of a highly successful book. Islam and the Destiny of Man is a wide-ranging study of the religion of Islam from a unique point of view. The author was brought up as an agnostic and embraced Islam at an early age after writing a book (commissioned by T.S.Eliot) on Eastern religions and their influence upon Western thinkers. The aim of this book is to explain 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. Throughout the book 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. 'Considered essential by [those] seeking to understand Islam.' Sunday Telegraph

Table of Contents
Part One. An Approach to the Faith 
1.Islam and Europe.
2.Continuity and Contrast.
3.Truth and Mercy
Part Two. The Making of the Faith
4.The World of the Book.
5.The Messenger of God.
6.The City of the Prophet.
7.The Successors.
8.The Way of the World.
Part Three. The Fruits of the Faith
9.The Rule of Law.
10.The Human Paradox.
11.Art, Environment and Mysticism.
12.Other Dimensions

'... a book dealing with the most vital and crucial questions now agitating our lives.' Maryam Jameelah, Muslim World Book Review 'This book deserves to be read over and over again.' Muslim Education Quarterly

This is a beautifully written book. It offers a taste of theology, of history, of aesthetics and of eschatology blended in such way as to provide a whole and balanced image, a vision of life that is both comprehensive and thoroughly Islamic.’ Parabola

Charles Le Gai Eaton was born in Switzerland and educated at Charterhouse 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 is now consultant to the Islamic Cultural Centre in London .