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The Bloomsbury companion to Islamic studies

The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to Islam and study in this area. A team of leading international scholars - Muslim and non-Muslim - cover important aspects of study in the field, providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the wide range of methodologies and theoretical principles involved. Presenting Islam as a variegated tradition, key essays from the contributors demonstrate how it is subject to different interpretations, with no single version privileged. In this volume, Islam is treated as a lived experience, not only as theoretical ideal or textual tradition. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including a substantial A-Z of key terms and concepts, chronology and a detailed list of resources, this is the essential reference guide for anyone working in Islamic Studies
Print Book, English, 2013
Bloomsbury, London, 2013
xv, 419 pages ; 24 cm.
9781441127884, 1441127887
777652885
Notes on Contributors \ Acknowledgements \ Part I: Introduction Clinton Bennett \ Part II: Research Methods and Problems Elliott Bazano \ Part III: Current Research and Issues \ 1.Quranic Studies Andrew Rippin \ 2. Hadith Studies Aisha Y. Musa \ 3. Researching Sufism in the 21st Century: Expanding the Context of Inquiry Arthur F Buehler \ 4. Islamic Theology Mashhad Al-Allaf \ 5. Study of Shi ‘ite Islam Syed Rizwan Zamir \ 6. Salafi Islam: The Study of Contemporary Religious-Political Movements William Shepard \ 7. Islam and the West William Shepard \ 8. Fiqh, The Science of Islamic Jurisprudence Maria Curtis \ 9. From Margin to Mainstream: The History of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Twenty- First Century Jaclynne J. Kerner \ Part IV: New Directions: The who, why, what, how and where of Studying Islam Clinton Bennett \ Part V: Chronology Clinton Bennett \ Part VI: Resources: An Annotated Bibliographical Guide Clinton Bennett and Contributors \ Part VII: A-Z Index of Key Terms and Concepts Clinton Bennett\ References \ Index