ISLAM AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS

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1. A review should briefly summarise a book, discuss its significance, and offer a constructive appraisal of its contents.

2. If relevant, comment on the possible audience for a book. For example, is it likely

to be of interest mainly in one particular part of the world? Is it targeting a general or specialist reader? How does the work compare with ‘competitors’ (i.e. with books of the same genre and subject-matter targeting a similar audience). Would it make a good text-book?

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wide readership; please bear this in mind when writing reviews. 4. Express your own views, likes and dislikes. We want you to communicate your

enthusiasm and expertise. However, it is our aim that any criticism should be constructive rather than personalised.

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inform the editorial assistant as soon as possible (Emma Loghin, e.g.loghin@bham.ac.uk).

6. Reviews should fall between 1000 and 1200 words in length. The review editors

reserve the right to shorten reviews that exceed this limit without necessarily referring back to the reviewer.

7. Please identify the book at the top of your review following the format of this

example:

Ultimate Visions: Reflections on the Religions we Choose, edited by Martin Forward, Oxford: One World, 1995, 208 pp., £14.95 (paperback), ISBN 11-85168-100-0

8. All copy should be double-spaced with good margins. Please send the review as

an e-mail attachment to Emma Loghin e.g.loghin@bham.ac.uk. 9. Please indent every paragraph except the first. Do not leave spaces between

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