The Oxford history of Islam /edited by John L. Esposito.
The Oxford history of Islam /edited by John L. Esposito.
History of Islam
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1999.
- xii, 749 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm
Muhammad and the caliphate : political history of the Islamic empire up to the Mongol conquest Fruit of the tree of knowledge : the relationship between faith and practice in Islam Law and society : the interplay of revelation and reason in the Shariah Science, medicine, and technology : the making of a scientific culture Art and architecture : themes and variations Philosophy and theology : from the eighth century C.E. to the present Islam and Christendom : historical, cultural, and religious interaction from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries Sultanates and gunpowder empires : the Middle East The eastward journey of Muslim kingship : Islam in South and Southeast Asia Central Asia and China : transnationalization, Islamization, and ethnicization Islam in Africa to 1800 : merchants, chiefs, and saints Foundations for renewal and reform : Islamic movements in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries European colonialism and the emergence of modern Muslim states The globalization of Islam : the return of Muslims to the West Contemporary Islam : reformation or revolution? Fred M. Donner -- Vincent J. Cornell -- Mohammad Hashim Kamali -- Ahmad Dallal -- Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom -- Majid Fakhry -- Jane I. Smith -- Ira M. Lapidus -- Bruce B. Lawrence -- Dru C. Gladney -- Nehemia Levtzion -- John Obert Voll -- S.V.R. Nasr -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- John L. Esposito.
"John L. Esposito, editor of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, has gathered together sixteen leading scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to examine the origins and historical development of Islam - its faith, community, institutions, sciences, and arts." "Written for the general reader but also appealing to specialists, The Oxford History of Islam offers the best of that recent scholarship, presented in a readable style and complemented by a rich variety of illustrations."--Jacket.
9780195107999
99013219
GBA0Z4506 bnb
BA46987158 JP-ToKJK
Islam--History.
Islam History.
BP50 / .O946 1999 BP50
Muhammad and the caliphate : political history of the Islamic empire up to the Mongol conquest Fruit of the tree of knowledge : the relationship between faith and practice in Islam Law and society : the interplay of revelation and reason in the Shariah Science, medicine, and technology : the making of a scientific culture Art and architecture : themes and variations Philosophy and theology : from the eighth century C.E. to the present Islam and Christendom : historical, cultural, and religious interaction from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries Sultanates and gunpowder empires : the Middle East The eastward journey of Muslim kingship : Islam in South and Southeast Asia Central Asia and China : transnationalization, Islamization, and ethnicization Islam in Africa to 1800 : merchants, chiefs, and saints Foundations for renewal and reform : Islamic movements in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries European colonialism and the emergence of modern Muslim states The globalization of Islam : the return of Muslims to the West Contemporary Islam : reformation or revolution? Fred M. Donner -- Vincent J. Cornell -- Mohammad Hashim Kamali -- Ahmad Dallal -- Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom -- Majid Fakhry -- Jane I. Smith -- Ira M. Lapidus -- Bruce B. Lawrence -- Dru C. Gladney -- Nehemia Levtzion -- John Obert Voll -- S.V.R. Nasr -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- John L. Esposito.
"John L. Esposito, editor of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, has gathered together sixteen leading scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to examine the origins and historical development of Islam - its faith, community, institutions, sciences, and arts." "Written for the general reader but also appealing to specialists, The Oxford History of Islam offers the best of that recent scholarship, presented in a readable style and complemented by a rich variety of illustrations."--Jacket.
9780195107999
99013219
GBA0Z4506 bnb
BA46987158 JP-ToKJK
Islam--History.
Islam History.
BP50 / .O946 1999 BP50