Islam

Culture
Europe
History
Islam & Christianity

Culture

Books

Colish, Marcia L. Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 400-1400. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1997. 388 p.
See section "Peoples of the Book: Muslim and Jewish Thought."
Book call no.: 940 C796m

Eickelman, Dale F. Moroccan Islam: Tradition and Society in a Pilgrimage Center. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1976. 303 p.
Book call no.: 297.0964 E34m

Gordon, Matthew S. Islam: Origins, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Persons, Sacred Places. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 112 p.
Describes the history of Islam, its principles, sacred texts, rituals and practices.
Book call no.: 297 G664i

Hammoudi, Abdellah. Master and Disciple: The Cultural Foundations of Moroccan Authoritarianism. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1997. 195 p.
Book call no.: 306.24 H227m

Heck, Paul L. The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization: Qudama b. Fa'far and his Kitab al-Kharaj Wa-sina at al-Kitaba. Boston, MA, Brill, 2002. 283 p.
Book call no.: 039.927 H448c

Martin, Richard C. Islam, a Cultural Perspective. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1982. 178 p.
Book call no.: 297 M382i

Poliakov, Sergei Petrovich. Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia, edited with an introduction by Martha Brill Olcott and translated by Anthony Olcott. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1992. 155 p.
A translation of Bytovoi Islam.
Book call no.: 958.4 P766e

Tibi, Bassam. Islam and the Cultural Accommodation of Social Change. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990. 272 p.
Translation of Der Islam und das Problem der Kulturellen Bewaltigung Sozialen Wandels
Book call no.: ACSC RES 306.697 T553i

Waardenburg, Jean Jacques. Islam: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives. New York, Walter de Gruyter, 2002. 436 p.
Book call no.: 297 W111i

Europe

Books

al-Ghazzali, Muhammad. Our Beginning in Wisdom, translated from the Arabic by Ismail R. el Faruqi. Washington, American Council of Learned Societies, 1953. 145 p.
Translation of Min Huna Nalam.
Book call no.: 297 A396o

Cardini, Franco. Europe and Islam, translated by Caroline Beamish. Malden, MA, Blackwell, 2001. 238 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 C267e

Islam, Europe's Second Religion: The New Social, Cultural, and Political Landscape, edited by Shireen T. Hunter. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2002. 294 p.
Book call no.: 305.697104 I82

Pipes, Daniel. In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power. New York, Basic Books, 1983. 373 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 P665i

Rukharaev, Ravil. Islam in Russia: The Four Seasons. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2000. 334 p.
Book call no.: 297.0947 B932i

Sayyid, Bobby S. A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism. New York, Zed Books, 1997. 185 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 S275f

Smith, Mark A. Russia & Islam. Sandhurst, UK, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy, 2001. 12 p.
Book call no.: 327.47017671 S655r

Documents

Spajic, Darko. Muslim-Croat Relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1987-1997. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. 139 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 S733m

Woehrel, Steven J. Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation: Key to Peace in Bosnia. Washington, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1997. 6 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no.96-526 F

Periodicals

Corera, Gordon. How Militant Islam Found a Home in London. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:15-19 August 2002.

Dim Drums Throbbing in the Hills Half Heard. Economist 364:21-23 August 10, 2002.
Article attempts to answer the question "Is there something about Islam that makes it impossible for Muslims to fit into western, liberal societies?"

Europe's Muslims. Economist 364:10-11 August 10, 2002.

Harman, Danna. Radical Islam Finds Unlikely Haven in Liberal Britain. Christian Science Monitor, p 1, Op, August 5, 2002.

Hedges, Chris. Outsiders Bring Islamic Fervor to the Balkans. New York Times, p A1A, Op, September 23, 1996.
Reports on the efforts by Iran and other Muslim countries to bolster the outgunned army of the Muslim-led Bosnian government during the war against the Bosnian Serbs.

O'Shea, Brendan. Bosnia's Muslim/Croat Federation: A Step in the Right Direction or Another Recipe for Disaster? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 19:403-411 October-December 1996.

Schwartz, Stephen. The Arab Betrayal of Balkan Islam. Middle East Quarterly 9:43-52 Spring 2002.
Seeks to answer the question "Why do Arab Muslims hate America?"

Vego, Milan. Muslim Defence Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jane's Intelligence Review 6:213-214 May 1994.

History

Books

Adams, Ludwig W. Historical Dictionary of Islam. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2001. 417 p.
Book call no.: 297 A197h

Ahsanullah, Khan Bhadur Maulvi. History of the Islamic World. New Delhi, IN, Deep & Deep Publications, 1986. 311 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 A287h

Ali, Tariq. The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity. New York, Verso, 2002. 342 p.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 A398c

Armour, Rollin. Islam, Christianity, and the West: A Troubled History. Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2002. 197 p.
A historical survey of Islamic and Christianity relations over the past one and one-half centuries.
Book call no.: 261.27 A733i

Armstrong, Karen. The Battle for God. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 442 p.
Book call no.: 200.9 A736b

Armstrong, Karen. A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. New York, A. A. Knopf, 1993. 460 p.
Book call no.: 291.211 A736h

Armstrong, Karen. Islam: A Short History. New York, Modern Library, 2000. 222 p.
A chronological history.
Book call no.: 297.09 A756i

Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco, CA, HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. 290 p.
A biography of the life of the founder & prophet of Islam.
Book call no.: 92 M952a

Arnold, Thomas Walker. The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith. Westminster, A. Constable and Co., 1896. 388 p.
Book call no.: 297 A759p

Azumah, John Alembillah. The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-Religious Dialogue. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2001. 264 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 A997L

Bennett, Clinton. In Search of Muhammad. New York, Cassell, 1998. 276 p.
Book call no.: 297.63 B471i

Black, Anthony. The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present. New York, Routledge, 2001. 377 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 B627h

Bloom, Jonathan and Blair, Sheila. Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2002. 268 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 B655i

Bogle, Emory C. Islam: Origin and Belief. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1998. 162 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 B675i

Brockelmann, Carl. History of the Islamic Peoples. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. 582 p.
Book call no.: 953 B86h

Bulliet, Richard W. Islam: The View from the Edge. New York, Columbia University Press, 1994. 236 p.
Book call no.: 297 B937i

Clancy-Smith, Julia A. Rebel and Saint: Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria and Tunisia, 1800-1904). Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1994. 370 p.
Book call no.: 965 C587r

Dabashi, Hamid. Authority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads. New Brunswick, US, Transaction Publishers, 1989. 169 p.
Book call no.: 306.6 D111a

Dannin, Robert. Black Pilgrimage to Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 328 p.
Traces the evolution of the practice of Islam by Blacks in the U.S. from slavery through the more orthodox, globalized Islam.
Book call no.: 297.87 D188b

Draycott, Gladys M. Mahomet, Founder of Islam. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. 351 p.
Book call no.: 92 M952d

Emerick, Yahiya. The Life and Work of Muhammad. Indianapolis, IN, Alpha, 2002. 330 p.
A biography.
Book call no.: 92 M952ea

Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. 286 p.
Book call no.: 297 E77i

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. Historical Atlas of Islam. New York, Continuum, 2002. 1 vol.
Book call no.: R 911.17671 F855h

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. Historical Atlas of Islam. New York, Continuum, 2002. 414 p.
Book call no.: R 911.17671 P855h

Fregosi, Paul. Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 1998. 442 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 F859j

Gibb, H. A. R. Mohammedanism: An Historical Survey. New York, Oxford University Press, 1962. 208 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 G37m

Global Studies. The Middle East. Guilford, CN, Dushkin Pub. Group, 2003.
1 vol.
See "The Middle East: Cradle of Islam" pp 4-9 and "What is Islam?" by Abdulaziz Sachedina, pp 178-183.
Book call no.: R 956 G562g

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1982. 257 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 H126c

Hamid, Abdul Wahid. Companions of the Prophet. London, Mels, 1998. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 297.64 H216c

An Historical Atlas of Islam, edited by William Charles Brice. Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill, 1981. 71 p.
Book call no.: 911.17671 H673

The History of Islam in Africa, edited by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels. Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, 2000. 591 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 H673

Hurgronje, C. Snouck. Mohammedanism: Lectures on its Origin, its Religious and Political Growth. New York, Putnam, 1916. 154 p.
Book call no.: 297 H963m

Islam and Power, edited by Alexander S. Cudsi and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 I82

Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Centuries), edited by Stephane A. Dudoignon and Komatsu Hisao. New York, Kegan Paul, 2001. 376 p
Book call no.: 305.6971058 I82

Islamic Philosophical Theology, edited by Parviz Morewedge. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1979. 265 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 I82

Jenkins, Everett. The Muslim Diaspora: A Comprehensive Reference to the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2000. 2 vols.
Book call no.: R 297.09 J52m

Keller, Shoshana. To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign Against Islam in Central Asia. Westport, CN, Praeger, 2001. 277 p.
Book call no.: 958.041 K29t

Kramer, Martin S. Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival: The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 1996. 297 p.
Book call no.: 320.5409174927 K89a

Lapidus, Ira M. A History of Islamic Societies. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1988. 1002 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 L313h

Levtzion, Nehemia. Islam in West Africa: Religion, Society, and Politics to 1800. Altershot, UK, Variorum, 1994. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 966 L667i

Lewis, Bernard. Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East. Chicago, Open Court, 1993. 487 p.
Book call no.: 915.6 L673i

Lippman, Thomas W. Understanding Islam: An Introduction to the Muslim World. New York, Meridian, 1995. 198 p.
A history of Islam and its believers from a geopolitical perspective.
Book call no.: 297 L766u

Macdonald, Duncan Black. Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory. New York, Scribner's, 1903. 386 p.
Book call no.: 297 M135d

Mohammed and the Rise of Islam, by D. S. Margoliouth. New York, Putnam, 1905. 481 p.
Book call no.: 92 M952m

O'Dea, Janet K. and O'Dea, Thomas F. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York, Harper & Row, 1972. 246 p.
Book call no.: 291 O23j

The Oxford History of Islam, edited by John L. Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. 749 p.
Book call no.: 297 O98

Peretz, Don. Islam: Legacy of the Past, Challenge of the Future. Croton-on-Hudson, NY, North River Press, 1984. 1984 p.
Book call no.: 297.1978 P437i

Peters, Rudolph. Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam: A Reader. Princeton, NJ, Markus Wiener Publishers, 1996. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 P483j

Rahman, Fazlur. Islam & Modernity: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1982. 172 p.
Book call no.: 297.122601 r147i

Rahman, Fazlur. Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism. Oxford, UK, Oneworld, 2000. 226 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 R147r

Rashid, Ahmed. The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism?. Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Zed Books, 1994. 278 p.
Book call no.: 958 R224r

Reinhart, A. Kevin. Before Revelation: The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1995. 255 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 R371b

Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism, edited by Fazlur Rahman . Oxford, UK, Oneworld, 2000. 226 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 R147r

Schimmel, Annemarie. Islam: An Introduction. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1992. 166 p.
Book call no.: 297 S335i

Schulze, Reinhard. A Modern History of the Islamic World, translated by Azizeh Azodi. Washington Square, NY, New York University Press, 1995. 384 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 S391m

Schwartz, Stephen. The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror. New York, Doubleday, 2002. 312 p.
Explains the origins of Islamic belief and traces the rise of the Wahhabis.
Book call no.: 297.8 S399t

Shaddad, Baha' al-Din Ibn. The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya, translated by D. S. Richards. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2001. 263 p.
Book call no.: 92 S159i

Smith, Wilfred Cantwell. Islam in Modern History. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1957. 317 p.
Book call no.: 297 S663i

Trimingham, J. Spencer. A History of Islam in West Africa. London, Oxford U. P., 1970. 262 p.
Book call no.: 297.0966 T831h

Verhoven, F. R. J. Islam: Its Origin and Spread in Words, Maps and Pictures. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1962. 32 p.
Book call no.: 297 V514c

Voll, John Obert. Islam, Continuity and Change in the Modern World. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1994. 439 p.
Book call no.: 297.0903 V923i

Von Grunebaum, Gustave E. Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1946. 365 p.
Book call no.: 950 V946m

Waardenburg, Jean Jacques. Islam: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives. New York, Walter de Gruyter, 2002. 436 p.
Book call no.: 297 W111i

Wismar, Adolph Louis. A Study in Tolerance as Practiced by Muhammad and His Immediate Successors. New York, Columbia University Press, 1927. 108 p.
Book call no.: 297 W814s

World Eras. Detroit, MI, Gale Group, 2001. 6 vols.
Volume 2: Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500.
Book call no.: 909 W9271 v. 2

Periodicals

Melchert, Christopher. The Piety of the Hadith Folk. International Journal of Middle East Studies 34:425-440 August 2002.
Comments on the Sunni dogmatic preferences in Islamic history in the early 10th century.

Wahhabism: A Brief History Newsweek 140:33 September 30, 2002.
Outlines the Wahhabist brand of fundamentalist Islam. Discusses the use of Wahhabist ideals by Islamic extremists in 1981 to justify acts of violence.
Videos

The Islamic Wave. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000.
1 videocassette, 50 min.
"Surveys the sociopolitical landscape of Islamic hotspots in the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, and elsewhere." Provides a history of Islam, looks at Islam's growing popularity and examines the use of violence by Muslim extremists to attain their goals.
Video call no.: 297.09 I822

Religion: A World History. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998. 1 videocassette, 53 min.
Volume 2: The Three Pillars: Confucius, Jesus, and Mohammed.
Video call no.: 200.9 R3821 v. 2

Islam & Christianity

Books

Akbar, M. J. The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity. New York, Routledge, 2002. 272 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 A313s

Bell, Richard. The Origin of Islam in the Christian Environment: The Gunning Lectures. London, Macmillan and Co, 1926. 224 p.
Book call no.: 297 B435o

Brown, Stuart E. The Nearest in Affection: Towards a Christian Understanding of Islam. Valley Forge, PA, Trinity Press International, 1995. 124 p.
Book call no.: 297 B879n

Cragg, Kenneth. The Call of the Minaret. New York, Oxford University Press, 1956. 376 p.
Book call no.: 297 C885c

Gabriel, Mark A. Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad. Lake Mary, FL, Charisma House, 2002. 234 p.
Book call no.: 303.6250882971 G118i

Hunter, Shireen. The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1998. 195 p.
Book call no.: 303.4825604 H947f

Islam in a World of Diverse Faiths, edited by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1991. 218 p.
Book call no.: 297.1972 I82

Johnson, James Turner. The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions. University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.
185 p.
Book call no.: 297.7 J67h

Levonian, Lutfi. Moslem Mentality: A Discussion of the Presentation of Christianity to Moslems. London, G. Allen & Unwin, 1928. 245 p.
Book call no.: 297 L666m

MacArthur, John. Terrorism, Jihad, and the Bible: A Response to the Terrorist Attacks.. Nashville, TN, W Publishing Group, 2001. 122 p.
The roots of the terrorist acts of September 11 can be traced all the way back to the Old Testament.
Book call no.: 261.873 M116t

Martin, Malachi. The Encounter. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. 488 p.
Book call no.: 291.1 M382e

Mastnak, Tomaz. Crusading Peace: Christendom, the Muslim World, and Western Political Order. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2002.
406 p.
Book call no.: 909.07 M423c

Nazir-Ali, Michael. Islam, A Christian Perspective. Philadelphia, PA, Westminster Press, 1983. 185 p.
Written by a Christian from Pakistan, now serving as a bishop of the Church of England.
Book call no.: 297 N335i

O'Dea, Janet K. and O'Dea, Thomas F. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York, Harper & Row, 1972. 246 p.
Book call no.: 291 O23j

Shorrosh, Anis A. Islam Revealed: A Christian Arab's View of Islam. Nashville, TN, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988. 313 p.
Explains the driving force behind the fanatical, as well as the moderate and conservative sects of Islam.
Book call no.: 297 S559i

Speight, R. Marston. God is One: The Way of Islam = Alleah Wearhid. New York, Friendship Press, 1989. 139 p.
Book call no.: 297 S742g

Sweetman, James Windrow. Islam and Christian Theology: A Study of the Interpretation of Theological Ideas in the Two Religions. London, Lutterworth Press, 1945. 2 vols.
Book call no.: 297 S974i

Videos

Islamic Conversations. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, Inc, 1994.
1 videocassette, 30 min.
Volume 2: Islam and Christianity.
Video call no.: 297 I824 v. 2

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