Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction Clinton Bennett Part II: Research Methods and Problems Elliott Bazano Part III: Current Research and Issues 1.Quranic Studies Andrew Rippin 2. Hadith Studies Aisha Y. Musa 3. Researching Sufism in the 21st Century: Expanding the Context of Inquiry Arthur F Buehler 4. Islamic Theology Mashhad Al-Allaf 5. Study of Shi ‘ite Islam Syed Rizwan Zamir 6. Salafi Islam: The Study of Contemporary Religious-Political Movements William Shepard 7. Islam and the West William Shepard 8. Fiqh, The Science of Islamic Jurisprudence Maria Curtis 9. From Margin to Mainstream: The History of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Twenty- First Century Jaclynne J. Kerner Part IV: New Directions: The who, why, what, how and where of Studying Islam Clinton Bennett Part V: Chronology Clinton Bennett Part VI: Resources: An Annotated Bibliographical Guide Clinton Bennett and Contributors Part VII: A-Z Index of Key Terms and Concepts Clinton Bennett References Index

Promotional Information

A comprehensive one-volume reference resource to Islamic Studies and key research fields within it, written by an international team of leading scholars.

About the Author

Clinton Bennett teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.

Reviews

This excellent survey of current scholarship in the field of Islamic Studies will prove useful to college students and also to their professors.
*Martin Forward, Professor of Religion at Aurora University, Illinois, USA*

VERDICT: An excellent overview for advanced students and scholars pursuing research in the field of Islamic studies.
*Library Journal*