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The Oxford History of Islam John L. Esposito (Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University)

The Oxford History of Islam By John L. Esposito (Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University)

Summary

This illustrated volume begins in the pre-Islamic world and details the birth, development and growth of Islam through to the present. It is arranged both thematically and chronologically, tracing the growth of Islamic faith, laws science, art and philosophy through time and across the world.

The Oxford History of Islam Summary

The Oxford History of Islam by John L. Esposito (Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University)

This lavishly illustrated book begins in the pre-Islamic world and details the birth, development, and growth of Islam through to the present. It is arranged both thematically and chronologically, tracing the growth of Islamic faith, laws science, art and philosophy through time and across the world, and discussing as well the spread of Islam throughout the middle East, Africa, India, Central and East Asia, and finally Europe and North America. The contributors are all top-level scholars and experts in their fields; they bring a variety of backgrounds and points of view to the work.

The Oxford History of Islam Reviews

fine volume ... excellent ... admirable * Karen Armstrong, The Times 7/6/00 *

About John L. Esposito (Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University)

John Esposito is a professor at Georgetown University and the founder of the Center for Muslim-Christian understanding at the institution. He is a long-time Oxford author.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1: Fred M. Donner (University of Chicago): MUHAMMAD AND THE CALIPHATE: Political History of the Islamic Empire up to the Mongol Conquest 2: Vincent J. Cornell (Duke University): FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE: The Relationship between Faith and Practice in Islam 3: Mohammad Hashim Kamali (International Islamic University, Malaysia): LAW AND SOCIETY: The Interplay of Revelation and Reason in the Shariah 4: Ahmad Dallal (Stanford University): SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY: The Making of a Scientific Culture 5: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom: ART AND ARCHITECTURE: Themes and Variations 6: Majid Fakhry (American University of Beirut and Georgetown University): PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY: From the Eighth Century C.E. to the Present 7: Jane I. Smith (Hartford Seminary): ISLAM AND CHRISTENDOM: Historical, Cultural, and Religious Interaction from the Seventh to the Fifteenth Centuries 8: Ira M. Lapidus (University of California at Berkeley): SULTANATES AND GUNPOWDER EMPIRES: The Middle East 9: Bruce B. Lawrence (Duke University): THE EASTWARD JOURNEY OF MUSLIM KINGSHIP: Islam in South and Southeast Asia 10: Dru C. Gladney (Asia-Pacific Center and University of Hawaii, Manoa): CENTRAL ASIA AND CHINA: Transnationalization, Islamization, and Ethnicization 11: Nehemia Levtzion (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): ISLAM IN AFRICA TO 1800: Merchants, Chiefs, and Saints 12: John Obert Voll (Georgetown University): FOUNDATIONS FOR RENEWAL AND REFORM: Islamic Movements in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 13: S. V. R. Nasr (University of San Diego): EUROPEAN COLONIALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN MUSLIM STATES 14: Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (Georgetown University): THE GLOBALIZATION OF ISLAM: The Return of Muslims to the West 15: John L. Esposito (Georgetown University): CONTEMPORARY ISLAM: Reformation Or Revolution? Chronology Select Bibliography Contributors Image Sources Index

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The Oxford History of Islam by John L. Esposito (Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University)
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