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.

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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