'The book maintains a clear objectivity about contentious topics
like fundamentalism and science and women in Islam...as a desk and
shelf reference work, it holds its own very well in a crowded
field' - Reference Reviews
The Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion provides
scholarly coverage of the religion, culture and history of the
Islamic world, at a time when that world is undergoing considerable
change and is a focus of international study and debate.
The non-Muslim world's perceptions of Islam have often tended to
be dominated by unrepresentative radical extremist movements and
media interpretations of events involving such movements, to the
extent that many people are unaware of the depth and variety of
Islamic thought. At the same time, many who have had a formal
training in Islamic studies have tended to concentrate on the
traditional, to the exclusion of the contemporary. The Encyclopedia
of Islamic Civilisation and Religion covers the full range of
Islamic thought, in historical depth, but it also provides
substantial coverage of contemporary trends across the Muslim
world.
With well over a thousand entries on Islamic theology, history,
arts, science, law and institutions, and coverage of Islam in
individual countries and cities around the world, the Encyclopedia
of Islamic Civilisation and Religion provides an extremely rich
resource for students and researchers in religious studies and
Middle Eastern studies.
Entries are cross-referenced and bibliographies are provided.
There is a full index. Routledge published The Qura'n: An
Encyclopedia in 2005, an excellent companion to the Encyclopedia of
Islamic Civilisation and Religion.
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