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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
A trial lawyer by trade, a Christian by heart - author Mark Lanier
has trained in biblical languages and devoted his life to studying
and living the Bible. Living daily with the demands of his career
and the desire for a godly life, Lanier recognizes the importance
and challenge of finding daily time to spend in God's Word. His
study of the first five books of the Bible - the Torah, the Law -
has brought Life to his life. In Torah for Living, Lanier shares a
year's worth of devotionals - one for each day of the year. In each
devotional, Lanier reflects on the biblical text, relates the text
to the struggles facing faithful readers of the Bible, and
concludes with a prayer for the day.
Although Turkey is a secular state, it is often characterised as a
Muslim country. In her latest book, Lejla Voloder provides an
engaging and revealing study of a Bosniak community in Turkey, one
of the Muslim minorities actually recognised by the state in
Turkey. Under what circumstances have they resettled to Turkey? How
do they embrace Islam? How does one live as a Bosniak, a Turkish
citizen, a mother, a father, a member of a household, and as one
guided by Islam? The first book based on fieldwork to detail the
lives of members of the Bosnian and Bosniak diaspora in Turkey, A
Muslim Minority in Turkey makes a unique contribution to the study
of Muslim minority groups in Turkey and the Middle East.
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