This sourcebook presents more than sixty new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by leading specialists it illustrates the growth of Islamic thought from its seventh-century origins to the end of the medieval period.
This book examines and analyses the concept of diachronic development and variability of time and place within the Islamic tradition and relevant Musl..
Muslims and the New Media explores how the introduction of the latest information and communication technologies are mirroring changes and development..
Comparing Averroes’ and Hegel's positions on the relation between philosophy and religion, this book explores the relation between faith and reason in..
This book argues that the centre of gravity for alternative Islamic discourses will continue to shift from the Arabic-speaking 'heartland' towards the..
Islam and Political-Cultural Europe identifies the sometimes confusing and often contentious new challenges that arise in daily life and institutions ..
Focusing on the role and impact of Islam and Islamic Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), Islam and Development considers Islamic theology and its applic..
This book brings the theoretical perspectives of myth-making and collective memory to the study of Islam and globalization and to the study of the pla..
This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people’s everyday lives. It complements..
Freedom of speech and expression is considered in the West a high public good and an important social value, underpinned by legislative and ethical no..
This book finds that far from silencing women, the Qur'an affirms the female voice as protester for justice and as questioner of Theology. In this rea..
In Shi'i Reformation in Iran, Rahnema offers a fresh understanding of Sangelaji’s reformist discourse from a theological standpoint, and takes readers..
The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism initiates a dialogue between the discourse of three of the most discussed figures in the history of the Sunni Islam..