Item Detail Information

Book

The Oxford history of Islam

-- History of Islam

Copies

6 Total copies, 6 Copies are in, 0 Copies are out.

"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.

Share It:

Title

The Oxford history of Islam -- History of Islam

Call No

BP50

Authors

Esposito, John L

Subjects

Islam--History.

Language

English

Published

New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Publication Desc

xii, 749 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ;

ISBN

0195107993

(alk. paper)

LCCN

99013219

Dimensions

26 cm.

Availability Summary MARC Cover Image Additional Info

Summary Note

"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.

Content Note

Chapter 1Muhammad and the Caliphate: Political History of the Islamic Empire up to the Mongol Conquest / Fred M. Donner 1 -- Chapter 2 Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge: The Relationship between Faith and Practice in Islam / Vincent J. Cornell 63 -- Chapter 3 Law and Society: The Interplay of Revelation and Reason in the Shariah / Mohammad Hashim Kamali 107 -- Chapter 4 Science, Medicine, and Technology: The Making of a Scientific Culture / Ahmad Dallal 155 -- Chapter 5 Art and Architecture: Themes and Variations / Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom 215 -- Chapter 6 Philosophy and Theology: From the Eighth Century C.E. to the Present / Majid Fakhry 269 -- Chapter 7 Islam and Christendom: Historical, Cultural, and Religious Interaction From the Seventh to the Fifteenth Centuries / Jane I. Smith 305 -- Chapter 8 Sultanates and Gunpowder Empires: The Middle East / Ira M. Lapidus 347 -- Chapter 9 Eastward Journey of Muslim Kingship: Islam in South and Southeast Asia / Bruce B. Lawrence 395 -- Chapter 10 Central Asia and China: Transnationalization, Islamization, and Ethnicization / Dru C. Gladney 433 -- Chapter 11 Islam in Africa to 1800: Merchants, Chiefs, and Saints / Nehemia Levtzion 475 -- Chapter 12 Foundations for Renewal and Reform: Islamic Movements in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries / John Obert Voll 509 -- Chapter 13 European Colonialism and the Emergence of Modern Muslim States / S.V.R. Nasr 549 -- Chapter 14 Globalization of Islam: The Return of Muslims to the West / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad 601 -- Chapter 15 Contemporary Islam: Reformation or Revolution? / John L. Esposito 643.