London (April 14, 2010) — Islamic Studies is at a critical moment in its history. SAGE, the world's leading independent academic and professional publisher, has brought together an unparalleled collection of high quality and internationally renowned editors and scholars who illuminate some of the most urgent and complex issues in the world today in The Islamic Studies Handbook. It seeks both to maintain its rich history and to engage with other - sometimes dominant - cultural and political studies. This tension is producing complex changes in both the theory and the practice of Islamic Studies.
Concise, level-headed and penetrating, this collection will be of interest to anyone who studies contemporary Islam. It explores Islam's desire both to maintain its rich history and to engage with other - sometimes dominant - cultural and political studies.
Key authors include:
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
One of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious and Comparative Studies in the world today and author of over fifty books and five hundred articles - John Voll
Professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. - Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Member of the High Council of the Research Institute of Humanities as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of Iranian Universities. He has also served as Chairman of the Commission of Compiling Judicial Acts and as a Judge in the Ministry of Justice. - Bryan Turner
Concurrently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College USA and Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies at the University of Western Sydney Australia.
This timely and stimulating Handbook, edited by world-class experts in the field, provides a comprehensive guide to Islamic Studies today. It examines the main issues in the field and explores the key debates. It provides readers with an indispensable, balanced guide to the roots of Islam and the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century.
The Handbook covers a broad range of topics including discussions of Islam as a community of discourse and a global system, sections on diaspora and multiculturalism and the Qur'an today. The handbook also includes discussions on Islam as a moral and judicial system, politics, culture and Diversities and Islam.
The Islamic Studies Hanbook by Akbar S (Ahmed American University, Washington) and Tamara Sonn (College of William and Mary) is published by SAGE (£90.00)
For further information visit : http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book225624&
Hardcover ISBN: 9780761943259 £90.00
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