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ISLAMIC STUDIES: A Bibliography (Books - In English)

Patrick S. O’Donnell, Dept. of Philosophy

Santa Barbara City College, 2004

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Table of Contents

I - General: 5

II - Muhammad: 8

III - The Qur’an (Translations, Commentaries, Studies): 9

IV - Shi‘i Islam: 12

V - Sufism: 14

VI - Theology & Philosophy: 22

VII – Jurisprudence: 31

VIII - The Arts: 36

IX - History: 42

X - Geographic Regions and Nation-States: 54

XI - Culture, Economics and Politics: 73

XII - Miscellany: 92

I - General:

Ahmed, Akbar.Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society. New York: Routledge, revised ed., 2002.

Ahmed, Akbar.Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World. London: I.B. Tauris,1999.

Ali, Syed Ameer.The Spirit of Islam: A History of the Evolution and Ideals of Islam, with a Life of the Prophet . London:Chatto &Windus , 1978.

Armstrong, Karen.Islam: A Short History. New York: Modern Library, revised ed., 2002.

Awde , Nicholas, trans. and ed.Women in Islam: An Anthology from the Qur’an and Hadīths . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.

Bloom, Jonathan and Sheila Blair.Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002.

Bogle, Emory C.Islam: Origin and Belief. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998.

Bowker, John.What Muslims Believe. Oxford, UK:Onewworld , 1999.

Brown, Daniel W.A New Introduction to Islam. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.

Calder, Norman,Jawid Mojaddedi and Andrew Rippin, eds.Classical Islam: A Sourcebook ofof Religious Literature. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Daniel, Norman.Islam and the West: The Making of an Image. Oxford, England:Oneworld , 2000 (reprint ed.).

Davies,Merryl Wyn and Zia Sardar.The No-Nonsense Guide to Islam. London: Verso, 2004.

Denny, Frederick Mathewson.An Introduction to Islam . New York: Macmillan, 1994.

Elias, Jamal J.Islam. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.

Endress, Gerhard.Islam: An Historical Introduction. New York: Columbia University Press, 2nd ed., 2002.

Ernst, Carl W.Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.

Esposito, John L., ed.The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Esposito, John L.The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, 4 Vols. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Esposito, John L.Islam: The Straight Path. New York: Oxford University Press, 3rd ed.,1998.

Esposito, John L. and JohnObert Voll .Makers of Contemporary Islam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Gibb, Hamilton A.R. and J.H.Kramers , eds.Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997 (reprint ed.).

Gilsenan , Michael.Recognising Islam: an anthropologist’s introduction. London: Croom Helm, 1982.

Glassé , Cyril.The New Encyclopedia of Islam. Lanham, MD:AltaMira Press, 2003.

Guillaume, Alfred.The Traditions of Islam: An Introduction to the Study ofHadīth Literature. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1924.

Hodgson, Marshall G.S.The Venture of Islam, 3 Vols. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Keller,Nuh HaMim , trans.Al-Nawawi’s Manual of Islam. Cambridge, UK: The Islamic Texts Society, 1996.

Lewis, Bernard, ed.The World of Islam: Faith, People, Culture. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1992.

Murata, Sachiko.The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992.

Murata, Sachiko and William C. Chittick.The Vision of Islam. New York: Paragon House, 1994.

Murphy,Caryle .Passion for Islam—Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience. New York: Scribner, 2002.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity. San Francisco,CA:Harper SanFrancisco , 2002.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Ideals and Realities of Islam. London: Allen & Unwin, 1966.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco , 2002.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Islamic Life and Thought. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1981.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Islamic Spirituality I: Foundations. New York: Crossroad, 1987.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Islamic Spirituality II: Manifestations. New York: Crossroad, 1991.

Netton , Ian Richard.A Popular Dictionary of Islam. London: Curzon Press, 1992.

Newby, Gordon D.A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford, UK:Oneworld , 2002.

Nigosian , S.A.Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003.

Peters, F.E.A Reader on Classical Islam. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.

Rahman, Fazlur.Islam. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1979.

Rejwan , Nissim, ed.The Many Faces of Islam: Perspectives on a Resurgent Civilization. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000.

Renard, John.In the Footsteps of Muhammad: Understanding the Islamic Experience. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.

Renard, John.Responses to 101 Questions on Islam. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1998.

Renard, John.Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996.

Renard, John, ed.Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources on Spirituality. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998.

Riddell, Peter G. and PeterCotterell .Islam in Context: Past, Present, and Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003.

Rippin, Andrew.Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2000.

Rippin, Andrew and JanKnappert , eds.Textual Sources for the Study of Islam. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Robinson, Francis.Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500. New York: Facts on File, 1982.

Robinson, Neal.Islam: A Concise Introduction. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1999.

Ruthven,Malise .Islam: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Ruthven,Malise .Islam in the World . New York: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2000.

Savory, R.M., ed.Introduction to Islamic Civilization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Schimmel, Annemarie.Islam: An Introduction. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992.

Schulze, Reinhard.A Modern History of the Islamic World. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 2000.

Schuon ,Frithjof .Islam and the Perennial Philosophy. London: World of Islam Festival Publ. Co., 1976.

Schuon ,Frithjof (D.M. Matheson, trans.).Understanding Islam. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963.

Sonn , Tamara.A Brief History of Islam. London: Polity Press, 2004.

Tayob ,Abdulkader .Islam: A Short Introduction. Oxford, England:Oneworld , 1999.

Waines , David.An Introduction to Islam. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed.2003.

Watt, William Montgomery.Islam: A Short History. Oxford, UK:Oneworld , 1996.

Watt, William Montgomery.What is Islam? London: Longman, 1970.

Williams, John Alden, ed.The Word of Islam. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994

II - Muhammad:

Abbott,Nabia .Aishah: The Beloved of Mohammad. London: Al-Saqi , 1998.

Andrae , Tor.Mohammed: The Man and His Faith. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1936.

Armstrong, Karen.Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco, CA:HarperSanFrancisco , 1993.

Asani , Ali, et al.Celebrating Muhammad: Images of the Prophet in Popular Muslim Poetry. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996.

Cook, Michael.Muhammad. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Forward, Martin.Muhammad: A Short Biography. Oxford, UK:Oneworld , 1997.

Guillaume, Alfred.The Life of Muhammad: A Translation ofIbn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. London: Oxford University Press, 1955.

Kahn, MuhammadZafrulla .Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets. New York: Viking Press, 1981.

Lings, Martin.Muhammad: his life based on the earliest sources. New York: Inner Traditions International, 1983.

Motzki , Harald, ed.The Biography of Muhammad: The Issue of the Sources. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2000.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein.Muhammad:Man of God . Chicago, IL: Kazi Publ., 1995.

Newby, Gordon.The Making of the Last Prophet: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1989.

Nurbakhsh ,Javad .Traditions of the Prophet: Ahadith . New York:Khaniqahi Nimatullahi Publ., 1981.

Peters, Francis E.Muhammad and the Origins of Islam . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.

Robinson, Neal.The Sayings of Muhammad . London: Duckworth, 1991.

Rodinson , Maxime.Muhammad. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980 ed.

Rubin, Uri.The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims. Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 1995.

Rubin, Uri, ed.The Life of Muhammad .Aldershot : Ashgate, 1998.

Schimmel, Annemarie.And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.

Warraq , Ibn, ed. and trans.The Quest for the Historical Muhammad. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2000.

Watt, William Montgomery.Muhammad at Mecca. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1953.

Watt, William Montgomery.Muhammad at Medina. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1956.

Watt, William Montgomery.Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman. London: Oxford University Press, 1961.

III - The Qur’an (Translations, Commentaries, Studies):

Abu-Hamdiyyah , Mohammad.The Qur’an: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf.The Holy Qur’an: Text, Translation and Commentary. Washington, DC:Amanah , 1989.

Ali, Ahmed.Al-Qur’an: A Contemporary Translation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988.

Asad , Muhammad.The Message of the Qur’an. Gibraltar: Daral-Andalus , 1980.

Ayoub, Mahmoud.The Qur’an and Its Interpreters, Vols. 1-2. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1984.

Baljon , Jon M.S.Modern Muslim Koran Interpretation (1880-1960). Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1961.

Barlas, Asma.“Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002.

Bell, Richard.Introduction to the Qur’an. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1963.

Bell, Richard.The Qur’an Translated, 2 Vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1960.

Burton, John.The Collection of the Quran. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

Cook, Michael.The Koran: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Cragg, Kenneth.The Event of the Quran: Islam in its Scripture. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

Cragg, Kenneth.The Mind of the Quran: Chapters in Reflection. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973.

Dawood, N.J.The Koran . Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956.

English Translation of the Meaning of Al-Qur’an: The Guidance for Mankind (Muhammad Farooq-i -Azam Malik, trans.). Houston, TX: The Institute of Islamic Knowledge, 1997.

Esack , Farid.Qur’ān, Liberation and Pluralism. Oxford, England:Oneworld , 1997.

Esack , Farid.The Qur’an: A Short Introduction. Oxford, England:Oneworld , 2002.

Fakhry , Majid, trans.An Interpretation of the Qur’an. New York: New York University Press, 2002.

Gätje , Helmut (Alford T. Welch, trans. and ed.).The Quran and Its Exegesis. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976.

Hawting , G.R. et al., eds.Approaches to the Quran. London: Routledge, 1993.

The Holy Qur’an: Arabic Text with English Translation and Short Commentary (Maulavi Sher Ali, trans. and Malik Ghulam Farid, ed.). Tilford, Surrey, England: Islam International Publ., 1994.

Izutsu , Toshihiko.Ethico -Religious Concepts in the Quran. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2002.

Izutsu , Toshihiko.God and Man in the Koran. Salem, NH: Ayer Co. Publ., 1980.

Jansen, J.J.G.The Interpretation of the Koran in Modern Egypt . Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974.

Kassis , Hanna E.A Concordance of the Qur’an. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press,1998.

Khalifa, Rashad.Quran, Hadith, and Islam. Fremont, CA: Universal Unity, 2000.

al-Khu’i , ‛Abu’l Qasim al-Musawu .The Prolegomena to the Qur’an. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998.

The Koran. J.M. Rodwell, trans. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1909 (reprint ed., 1974).

The Koran Interpreted. Arthur J.Arberry , trans. New York: Macmillan, 1955.

Madigan, Daniel A.The Qur’an’s Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islamic Scripture. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.

McAuliffe, JaneDammen , ed.The Encyclopedia of the Qur’an, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2001.

Mir, Mustansir.Dictionary of Qur’anic Terms and Concepts. New York: Garland, 1987.

Nelson, Kristina.The Art of Reciting the Qur’ān. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1985.

The Qur’an (MuhammadZafrulla Khan, trans., with Arabic text). Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 1997.

The Qur’an Translated, With a Critical Rearrangement of the Surahs. Richard Bell, trans. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1939.

Rahman, Fazlur.Major Themes of the Qur’an. Minneapolis, MN: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1980.

Rippin, Andrew.The Qur’an and Its Interpretive Tradition. Aldershot , UK: Ashgate, 2002.

Rippin, Andrew, ed.Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur’an. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1988.

Rippin, Andrew, ed.The Qur’an: Formative Interpretation. Aldershot , UK: Ashgate/Variorum, 2000.

Rippin, Andrew, ed.The Qur’an: Style and Contents .Aldershot , UK: Ashgate, 2001.

Robinson, Neal.Discovering the Qur’an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text. London: SCM Press, 1996.

Sells, Michael.Approaching the Qur’an: The Early Revelations. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 1999.

Stowasser , BarbaraFreyer .Women in the Qur’an: Traditions and Interpretations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Turner, Colin, trans. (Mohammad BaqirBehbudi , textual exegesis).The Quran: A New Interpretation. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1998.

Wadud -Muhsin, Amina. Qur’an and Woman: Reading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999 reprint ed.

Wansbrough , John.Qur’anic Studies: Sources and Methods of Scriptural Interpretation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

Wansbrough , John and Andrew Rippin.Quranic Studies: Sources and Methods of ScripturalInterpretaion . Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004.

Warraq , Ibn, ed.The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998.

Warraq , Ibn, ed.What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary . Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002.

Watt, William Montgomery.Companion to the Qur’an. Oxford, UK:Oneworld , 1994.

Watt, William Montgomery and Richard Bell.Introduction to the Qur’an. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1970.

Wild, S., ed.The Qur’an as Text: Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997.

IV -Shi‘ i Islam:

Abdul-Jabar ,Faleh , ed.Ayatollahs, Sufis, and Ideologues: State, Religion and Social Movements in Iraq. London:Saqi , 2002.

Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali.The Divine Guide in EarlyShi‘ ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.

Arjomand , Said Amir.The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1984.

Arjomand , Said Amir, ed.Authority and Political Culture inShi‘ ism. Albany, NY: State

University of New York Press, 1988.

Ayoub, Mahmoud.Redemptive Suffering in Islam. The Hague: Mouton, 1978.

Bill, James A. and John Alden Williams.Roman Catholics andShi‘ i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.

Blichfeldt , Jan-Olaf.Early Mahdism: Politics and Religion in the Formative Period of Islam. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1985.

Brunner,Ranier and Werner Ende, eds.The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and Political History. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2001.

Chelkowski , Peter J., ed.Ta‘ ziyah : Ritual and Drama in Iran. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1979.

Chittick, William.AShi‘ ite Anthology. London: Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1980.

Cole, Juan.Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History ofShi‘ ite Islam. London: I.B. Tauris, 2002.

Cole, Juan R.I. and Nikki R. Keddie.Shi‘ ism and Social Protest. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1986.

Corbin, Henry.Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis. London: The Institute of Ismaili Studies Ltd./Kegan Paul Int’l. with Islamic Publications, 1985 ed.

Corbin, Henry.Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: FromMazdean Iran toShī‘ ite Iran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977.

Daftary , Farhad.The Assassin Legends: Myth of theIsmā‘ īlīs . London: I.B. Tauris, 1994.

Daftary , Farhad.TheIsmā‘ īlīs : Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Daftary , Farhad, ed.MediaevalIsmā‘ īlī History and Thought. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Fuller, Graham E. and Rend RahimFrancke .The ArabShi‘ a: The Forgotten Muslims. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.

Halm, Heinz.The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning. London: I.B. Tauris and Co., 2001.

Halm, Heinz.Shiism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992.

Halm, Heinz.Shi‘ a Islam: From Religion to Revolution . Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 1997.

Hollister, John N.TheShi‘ a of India. London:Luzac & Co., 1953.

Jabar ,Faleh A.TheShi‘ ite Movement in Iraq. London:Saqi , 2003.

Jafri, S. Husain M.The Origins and Early Development ofShi‘ a Islam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Kholberg , Etan.Belief and Law in ImamiShi‘ ism. Aldershot : Variorum/Ashgate, 1991.

Kholberg , Etan, ed.Shi‛ism. Aldershot : Ashgate, 2003.

Khumaynī ,Ayatu’llah Seyyid Ruhu’llāh (HamidAlgar , trans. and ed.).Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini. Berkeley, CA:Mizan Press, 1981.

Kramer, Martin S., ed.Shi‘ ism, Resistance, and Revolution. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1987.

Litvak, Meir.Shi‘ i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Mallat ,Chibli .Shi‘ i Thought from the South of Lebanon. Oxford, UK: Centre for Lebanese Studies, 1988.

Modarressi , Hossein.Tradition and Survival: A Bibliographical Survey of EarlyShi‘ ite Literature, Vol.1. Oxford, UK:Oneworld , 2003.

Momen ,Moojan . An Introduction toShi‘ i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi‘ism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985.

Nakash , Yitzhak.TheShi‘ is of Iraq. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein, Hamid Dabashi andSeyyed Vali Reza Nasr, eds.Expectation of the Millennium:Shi‘ ism in History. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989.

Nasr,Seyyed Hossein, Hamid Dabashi andSeyyed Vali Reza Nasr, eds. Shi‘ ism: Doctrines, Thought and Spirituality. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988.

Newman, Andrew J. The Formative Period of TwelverShi‘ ism:Hadīth as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad. Richmond: Curzon Press, 2001.

Pinault, David.The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community. New York: Palgrave, 1993.

Sachedina,Abdulaziz A.Islamic Messianism: The Idea of the Mahdi in TwelverShi‘ ism. Albany,NY:State University of New York Press, 1981.

Tabataba’i , ‘Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husain (Seyyed Hoseyn Nasr, trans. and ed.).Shi‘ ite Islam. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1975.

Walker, Paul E.AbuYa‘ qub al-Sijistani : Intellectual Missionary. London: I.B. Tauris, 1998.

Walker, Paul E.Early Philosophical Shiism: TheIsma‘ ili Neoplatonism of Abu Ya‘qub al-Sijistani . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Walker, Paul E.Hamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī :Ismaiili Thought in the Age of al-Hākim . London:I.B.Tauris , 1999.

Wiley, Joyce N.The Islamic Movement of IraqiShi‘ as. Boulder, CO: LynneRienner , 1992.