The Oxford History of Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford History of Islam write by John L. Esposito. This book was released on 2000-04-06. The Oxford History of Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest--and fastest growing--religion in the world. John L. Esposito, Editor-in-Chief 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. Beginning in the pre-Islamic Arab world, the chapters range from the story of Muhammad and his Companions, to the development of Islamic religion and culture and the empires that grew from it, to the influence that Islam has on today's world. The book covers a wide array of subjects, casting light on topics such as the historical encounter of Islam and Christianity, the role of Islam in the Mughal and Ottoman empires, the growth of Islam in Southeast Asia, China, and Africa, the political, economic, and religious challenges of European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Islamic communities in the modern Western world. In addition, the book offers excellent articles on Islamic religion, art and architecture, and sciences as well as bibliographies. Events in the contemporary world have led to an explosion of interest and scholarly work on Islam. 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.
A History of Islamic Societies
A History of Islamic Societies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Islamic Societies write by Ira M. Lapidus. This book was released on 2014-10-13. A History of Islamic Societies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Lapidus's history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion to Africa, Spain, Turkey and the Balkans, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and North America, situating Islamic societies within their global, political, and economic contexts. It accounts for the impact of European imperialism on Islamic societies and traces the development of the modern national state system and the simultaneous Islamic revival from the early nineteenth century to the present. This book is essential for readers seeking to understand Muslim peoples."--Publisher information.
A History of Islam in America
A History of Islam in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Islam in America write by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. This book was released on 2010-04-19. A History of Islam in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri's fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of individual Muslims and their lives as immigrants and citizens within the broad context of the American religious experience, showing how that experience has been integral to the evolution of American Muslim institutions and practices. This is a unique and intelligent portrayal of a diverse religious community and its relationship with America. It will serve as a strong antidote to the current politicized dichotomy between Islam and the West, which has come to dominate the study of Muslims in America and further afield.
History of Islam
History of Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Islam write by Akbar Shah Najibabadi. This book was released on 2000-04. History of Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Discovering Islam
Discovering Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Discovering Islam write by Akbar S. Ahmed. This book was released on 2002-11. Discovering Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This accessible work balances the image of Islam as aggressive and fanatical with an objective picture of the main features of Muslim history and the compulsions of Muslim society.
