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Finding resources for the study of Islam
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I want a scholarly but readable introduction to Islam. What do you recommend?
- Ayoub, Mahmoud M. Islam: Faith and History. Oxford: Oneworld, 2004.
(Main collection BP 161.3 .A96 2005)
- Brown, Daniel. A New Introduction to Islam. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.
(Main collection BP 161.3 .B76 2004)
- Denny, Frederick. Introduction to Islam. 3rd ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. (Main collection BP 161.2 .D46
2006)
- Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path. Revised 3rd ed.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (Main collection BP 161.2 .E87 2005)
How is the Qur'an interpreted?
- McAuliffe, Jane Dammen, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Main collection BP130.4 .C36 2006)
- McAuliffe, Jane Dammen, ed. Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. Leiden: Brill,
2006. 6 vols. (Reference collection BP133 .E537)
- Kassis, Hanna E. A Concordance of the Qur'an. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1983. (Reference collection BP133 .K37 1983)
- Leaman, Oliver, ed. The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. London: Routledge,
2006. (Reference collection BP133 .Q87 2006)
Who are the Sunnis and Shi'ites?
- Holt, P.M., Ann K. S. Lambton, and Bernard Lewis, eds. Cambridge History of Islam.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. 2 vols. (Main collection DS35.6
.C3)
- Esposito, John L., ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 4 vols. (Reference collection DS35.53
.O9 1995)
- Robinson, Francis, ed. Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. (Main collection DS35.63 .C36 1996)
- Ruthven, Malise and Azim Nanji. Historical Atlas of Islam.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. (Main collection G1786.S1 R88
2004)
Who are the most important Islamic theologians and philosophers?
- Borchert, Donald M., ed. Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Detroit: Thomson/Gale,
Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 10 vols. (Reference collection B51 .E537 2006)
- Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
London: Routledge,
1993. 10 vols. (Reference collection B51 .R68 1998)
- Strayer, Joseph, ed. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Scribner,
1982-89. 13 vols. (Reference collection D114 .D5)
I am writing a paper. Where can I find journal articles?
Where can I find legitimate Web sites about Islam?
- Al Tafsir.com (Qur'an resources.)
Altafsir.com makes the Qur'an and tafsirs (commentaries) accessible online. The non-profit site was commissioned by the Royal Aal al-Bayt
Institute for Islamic Thought, comprised of several Islamic scholars. The
Institute was
established in 1980 by the late King Hussein of Jordan.
- ATLA Selected Religion Web Sites project.
A project of the American Theological Library Association.
- InfoMine. InfoMine is a "search
engine" relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university
level. Librarians from the University of California, Wake Forest University,
California State University, and other
universities and colleges have contributed entries.
- Intute. Intute is a "search engine" created by UK universities. Subject specialists select and evaluate the
Web sites and write high quality descriptions of the resources.
- Librarians' Internet Index. Librarians'
Internet Index is a publicly-funded "search engine" featuring high-quality
websites carefully selected, described, and organized by librarians.
- Middle East Virtual Library.
A site hosted by the State and University Library Saxony-Anhalt in Halle
(Germany). At the site, click on "ALMISBAH - Database of online sources."
- USC-MSA Compendium of Islamic Texts.
A site hosted at the University of Southern California.
How do I find Islamic primary sources in English translation?
- Calder, Norman, Jawid Mojaddedi, and Andrew Rippen. Classical Islam: A
Sourcebook of Religious Literature. New York: Routledge, 2003. (Main
collection BP 89 .C573 2003)
- Jeffery, Arthur, ed. A Reader on Islam. Mouton, 1962. (Main collection
BP 20 .R43 1987)
- Renard, John, ed. Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources on
Spirituality and Religious Life. Berkeley: University of California Press,
1998. (Main collection BP161.2 .W56 1998.)
- Skreslet, Paula Yougman and Rebecca Skreslet. The Literature of Islam: A
Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation. Lanham, MD:
Scarecrow Press, 2006. (Main collection BP161.3 .S557 2006.)
Other resources:
- Esposito, John, ed. Oxford Dictionary of Islam. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2003. (Reference collection BP40 .O94 2003)
- Martin, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. New York:
Macmillan Reference USA, Thomson/Gale, 2004. 2 vols. (Reference collection BP40 .E53
2004)
- Netton, Ian Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and
Religion. New York: Routledge, 2008. (Reference collection BP40 .E535 2008)
- Renard, John. Historical Dictionary of Sufism. Lanham, Maryland:
Scarecrow Press, 2005. (Reference collection BP 188.48 .R46 2005)
Credit
Adapted for local use from "Beyond the Encyclopedia of Islam and the Index Islamicus:
Resources for the Study of Islam (College and University and World Religions
Interest Group)," compiled by Paula Youngman Skreslet, William Smith Morton
Library, Union Theological
Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Virginia. Published in the Summary of Proceedings of the 61st Annual
Conference of the American Theological Library Association (pages 61-64).
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