Routledge Library Editions: Islam
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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 religion.
The majority of the volumes reprint the original, first editions, but where appropriate, updated, enlarged editions are sometimes selected.
The volumes in this set discuss the Islamic faith from various historical and contemporary perspectives. Its similarities with Christianity and Judaism are examined and explanations given of the essential elements of Islam.
Originally published between 1936 and 1987, the volumes in this mini-set include works by A.J. Arberry, Kenneth Cragg, Elie Kedourie and Frithjof Schuon.
Sufism, the mystical movement within Islam, has, in a thousand years of history has powerfully influenced the life, art and literature of the Muslim peoples. It has supplied the element of personal devotion and direct apprehension of Divine Realities which the more formal and practical character of orthodox ritual tended to overshadow.
Originally published between 1950 and 1987, the volumes in this mini-set include works by A J Arberry, Henry Corbin, Rom Landau, Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
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 religion.
The majority of the volumes reprint the original, first editions, but where appropriate, updated, enlarged editions are sometimes selected.
Discussing the history and civilization of Islam from its origins until the late twentieth century, the volumes in this set examine the political and cultural development of Islam as well as Islamic sexuality, philosophy, and medicine.