Bloomsbury Companion To Islamic Studies, The (Bloomsbury Companions)

The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies is a comprehensive single-volume reference guide to Islam and research in this area. A team of leading international scholars--Muslim and non-Muslim--cover important aspects of study in the field, providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the wide range of methodologies and theoretical principles involved. Presenting Islam as a variegated tradition, key essays from the contributors demonstrate how it is subject to different interpretations, with no single version privileged. In this volume, Islam is treated as a lived experience, not only as theoretical ideal and textual tradition. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including a substantial A-Z of key terms and concepts, chronology and a detailed list of resources, this is the essential reference guide for anyone working in Islamic Studies. (Back cover).

• • Author: Clinton Bennett
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Jan 15, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 440 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1472586905
• • ISBN-13: 9781472586902