The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies
The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies
Editor/Author
Ahmed, Akbar S. and Sonn, Tamara
Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: Sage UK
Single-User Purchase Price:
$176.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$264.00
ISBN: 978-0-7619-4325-9
Category: Religion & Theology - Islam
Image Count:
3
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This timely and stimulating Handbook, edited by world-class experts in the field, provides a comprehensive guide to Islamic Studies today.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Current Issues in Islamic Studies - Laura Thomas
- PART 1 Islam and Multiculturalism
- 1 Islam as a Community of Discourse and a World-System - John Obert Voll
- 2 Islam, Diaspora, and Multiculturalism - Bryan S. Turner
- 3 Andalusian Jurist, Berber Commander, and Mozarab Rebel: Understanding Iberia's Islamic Experience - Camilo Gomez-Rivas
- PART 2 Foundations of Islam
- 4 The Qur'an - Qaiser Shahzad
- 5 Islamic Concepts of Justice - Lawrence Rosen
- 6 Islamic Economics: Salient Features and a Critical Survey - S.M. Ghazanfar
- 7 From Madrasa to University-the Challenges and Formats of Islamic Education - Dietrich Reetz
- 8 Political Philosophy and Political thought in the Medieval Arabic-Islamic Tradition of the Middle East - Charles E. Butterworth
- PART 3 Culture of Islam
- 9 Arabic-Islamic Literature: Continuities and Transformations - Asma Afsaruddin
- 10 Islamic Art: Visual Manifestations of a Faith and a Culture - Walter Denny
- PART 4 Contemporary Issues in Islam
- 11 Women's Agency in Muslim Society - Amineh Ahmed
- 12 Islam and Democracy: Is Turkey an Exception or a Role Model? - Haldun Gülalp
- 13 Islam in the West - Earle H. Waugh
- PART 5 Diversity within Islam
- 14 Shi'a Islam - Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
- 15 Doctrinal Sufism and Theoretical Gnosis - Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- 16 Contemporary Sufism: Islam without Borders - Robert Sampson