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Islam: General


Aslan, Reza.  No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam.  New York, NY: Random House, 2005.

Asad, Muhammad.  Road to Mecca.  Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2000.

Armstrong, Karen.  Islam: A Short History.  New York: Modern Library, revised ed., 2002.

Esposito, John L.  The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.  4 Vols. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1995.

---. Islam: The Straight Path.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.


---. What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.


Esposito, John L. and John Obert Voll.  Makers of Contemporary Islam.  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.  The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity.  San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco, 2002.


---. Ideals and Realities of Islam.  London: Allen & Unwin, 1966.

---. Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization.   San Francisco, CA: Harper SanFrancisco, 2002.

---. Islamic Life and Thought.  Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1981.


---. Islamic Spirituality I: Foundations.  New York: Crossroad, 1987.

---. Islamic Spirituality II: Manifestations.  New York: Crossroad, 1991.

Schimmel, Annemarie.  Islam: An Introduction.  Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992.

Soroush, Abdel Karim.  Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

 
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