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  1. Islamization of Turkey under the AKP Rule

    Edited by Birol Yesilada, Barry Rubin

    This book examines the decade in office of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its efforts to transform the Turkish republic toward a more Islamist-oriented system. If it succeeds, Turkey’s dramatic shift will be the most important change in the Middle East power balance since the 1979...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought

    Al-Ghazali's Theory of Mystical Cognition and Its Avicennian Foundation

    By Alexander Treiger

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    It has been customary to see the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) as a vehement critic of philosophy, who rejected it in favour of Islamic mysticism (Sufism), a view which has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. This book argues that al-Ghazali was, instead, one of the...

    Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge

  3. Being Human in Islam

    The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview

    By Damian Howard

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    Islamic anthropology is relatively seldom treated as a particular concern even though much of the contemporary debate on the modernisation of Islam, its acceptance of human rights and democracy, makes implicit assumptions about the way Muslims conceive of the human being. This book explores how the...

    Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Ibn ‘Arabî - Time and Cosmology

    By Mohamed Haj Yousef

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    This book is the first comprehensive attempt to explain Ibn ‘Arabî’s distinctive view of time and its role in the process of creating the cosmos and its relation with the Creator. By comparing this original view with modern theories of physics and cosmology, Mohamed Haj Yousef constructs a new...

    Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge

  5. Islam as Political Religion

    The Future of an Imperial Faith

    By Shabbir Akhtar

    This comprehensive survey of contemporary Islam provides a philosophical and theological approach to the issues faced by Muslims and the question of global secularisation. Engaging with critics of modern Islam, Shabbir Akhtar sets out an agenda of what his religion is and could be as a political...

    Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge

  6. Introducing Islam

    By William Shepard

    Series: World Religions

    What exactly is ‘Islam’ and what does it mean to be a ‘Muslim’ in the world today? Since the events of 9/11 and 7/7, Islam has become one of the most controversial and misunderstood religions in the world. Introducing Islam encourages students to put aside their preconceptions and explore this...

    Published May 31st 2009 by Routledge

  7. Muhammad Iqbal

    Islam, Aesthetics and Postcolonialism

    By Javed Majeed

    Series: Pathfinders

    Bringing together Islamic studies, a postcolonial literary perspective, and a focus on the interaction between aesthetics and politics, this book analyses Iqbal’s Islamism through his poetry. It argues that his notion of an Islamist selfhood was expressed in his verse through the interplay between...

    Published March 8th 2009 by Routledge India

  8. Sufism

    Edited by Lloyd Ridgeon

    Series: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies

    In recent years, interest in Sufism – often regarded as the mystical dimension of Islam – has blossomed. Taught in European and American universities for many years, Sufism is an increasingly popular area of research in disciplines such as Islamic studies, comparative religion, area studies,...

    Published February 11th 2008 by Routledge

  9. Routledge Library Editions: Islam 48 vols

    By Various

    This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and 1987. The collection reprints texts carefully selected on the basis of their influence and prestige, written by pre-eminent scholars of Islamic history, philosophy and...

    Published December 5th 2007 by Routledge

  10. Routledge Library Editions: Islam 48 Volume-Set

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Islam

    This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and 1987. The collection reprints texts carefully selected on the basis of their influence and prestige, written by pre-eminent scholars of Islamic history, philosophy and...

    Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Islamization of Turkey under the AKP Rule
    Edited by Birol Yesilada, Barry Rubin
    To Be Published August 15th 2013
  2. Controversies in Contemporary Islam
    By Oliver Leaman
    To Be Published September 9th 2013
  3. Orthodoxy and Heresy in Islam
    Edited by Maribel Fierro
    To Be Published October 14th 2013
  4. Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century: A Contextualist Approach
    By Abdullah Saeed
    To Be Published November 17th 2013
  5. Skepticism in Classical Islam: Moments of Confusion
    By Paul L. Heck
    To Be Published November 25th 2013

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