Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, (born Rosalyn Rushbrook in 1942, later Rosalyn Kendrick) is a British author of some forty books on Islam and other subjects.
Maqsood was born in London in 1942. [1] [2] She graduated from the University of Hull in 1963 with an honours degree in Christian Theology, [1] [2] [3] and gained a DipEd in 1964. [2] Maqsood was a convert to Islam from Christianity in 1986. [3] [4] [5] She taught religious studies in the United Kingdom for more than thirty years. [4] Prior to her retirement in 1996, [1] [3] she had been head of religious education at a Hull secondary school. [6]
She has written more than forty books on religious topics. [7] Under her first married name Rosalyn Kendrick, she wrote several books about aspects of Christian theology. [2] From 1992, she published a large body of writing to introduce Islam to English speaking people. [8] Her book for children, Islamic Mosques (2005), includes information about mosques and how to pronounce Islamic terms. [9] Need to Know?: Islam (2008) was considered a contemporary "Tablīgh" by Insights. [8]
Title | Year | Publisher | Notes |
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Does God Have a Body? and Other Questions | 1977 | SCM Press, London | as Rosalyn Kendrick [2] [10] |
Jesus of Nazareth: Plays for the Classroom | 1979 | Edward Arnold, London | as Rosalyn Kendrick [2] |
Setting the Foundations: A Guide to the Study of the Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ as Presented in the First Three Gospels | 1983 | Hulton Educational, Amersham | as Rosalyn Kendrick [2] |
The Trouble with God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 1983 | H.E. Walter, Worthing, West Sussex | [2] |
In the Steps of Jesus: Insights Into the Life and World of Christ | 1985 | Hulton Educational, Amersham | as Rosalyn Kendrick [2] |
Examining Religions: Moral Issues in Six Religions, ed. W. Owen Cole | 1991 | Heinemann, Oxford | as Rosalyn Kendrick [2] |
The Separated Ones: Jesus, the Pharisees, and Islam | 1991 | SCM Press, London | [2] |
Where Did I Go Wrong? | 1992 | St. Paul Publications | as Rosalyn Rushbrook |
Sacred Texts: The Qur'an | 1993 | Heinemann, Oxford | [2] |
Petra: A Traveller's Guide | 1994 | Garnet Press, Reading | [2] |
For Heaven's Sake | 1994 | Ta-Ha Publications, London | [2] |
Thinking about God | 1994 | American Trust Publications, Plainfield, Indiana | [2] |
Living with Teenagers: A Guide for Muslim Parents | 1995 | Ta-Ha Publications, London | [2] |
The Story at I'd | 1995 | Heinemann Educational, Oxford | |
Life Beyond Death: Christian Response to Bereavement | 1995 | Canterbury Press, Norwich | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
The Muslim Marriage Guide | 1995 | Quilliam Press, London | [2] |
Islam: A Dictionary | 1996 | [2] | |
The Beautiful Commands of Allah | 1997 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
Bride of the Nile | 1998 | Wolfhound Press | YA fiction [11] |
The Muslim Prayer Encyclopaedia: A Complete Guide to Prayers as Taught by the Prophet Muhammad | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
After Death, Life: Thoughts to Alleviate the Grief of All Muslims Facing Death and Bereavement | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
Living Islam: Treading the Path of the Ideal | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
A Basic Dictionary of Islam | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
The Beautiful Promises of Allah | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | [2] |
The Beloved Prophet | 1999 | Able Publishing, Knebworth | [2] |
The Problem of Evil | 2000 | Adam Publishers, Delhi | [2] |
The Sign of the Gnat | 2000 | Adam Publishers, Delhi | [2] |
The Mysteries of Jesus: A Muslim Study of the Origins and Doctrines of the Christian Church | 2000 | Sakina Books, Oxford | [2] [4] [12] |
GCSE Islam - the Do-it-Yourself Guide | 2001 | Goodword Books, New Delhi; IPCI, Birmingham | [2] |
What Every Christian Should Know about Islam | 2002 | Islamic Foundation, Leicester | [2] [3] |
Islamic Mosques | 2005 | Raintree, Oxford | |
Teach Yourself Islam | 1994; 3rd ed. 2006 | Hodder and Stoughton, London | [2] |
Islam - An Introduction: Teach Yourself | 2010 | ||
Islam Made Simple: Flash | 2011 | ||
Islam (Collins Need to Know?) | 2012 | HarperCollins, London | [2] [8] |
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