Islam: Past, Present and Future

• Author: Hans Kung
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications (2007)
• Language: English
• Pages: 801
• ISBN-10: 1851683771
• ISBN-13: 9781851683772
• Format: PDF

For more than two decades the world religions have been a central topic for Hans Kung. In books which have inspired millions throughout the world, he has pioneered work towards a new dialogue between cultures. In this extraordinarily comprehensive book, he gives an in-depth account of Islam, the second largest world religion after Christianity. Describing paradigm shifts in its 1400-year history,

The Qur'an in Its Historical Context

• Editor: Gabriel Said Reynolds
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (2007)
• Language: English
• Pages: 314
• eISBN-10: 0203939603 (0415428998)
• eISBN-13: 9780203939604
• Format: PDF

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur'anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an. The collection of articles, each written by a distinguished author, treat very familiar passages of the Quran in a original manner, combining

Islam: An Historical Introduction

This highly acclaimed survey provides a thoughtful and concise account of all aspects of Islam in history. Following an appraisal of the study of Islam, Gerhard Endress guides the reader through key elements:


• Religion (including the Revelation of the prophet Muhammad and the development of doctrine in its historical setting)
• Law and the state in medieval Islam
• Social and economic aspects of medieval Islam
• The historical development of each of the main regions of the Islamic world (the Arabian peninsula; Syria and Palestine; Iraq; Spain; North Africa; Egypt; Iran; Anatolia)
• The principal trends and major periods of Islamic history
• The development of Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages
• Names and Titles

A history of Medieval Islam

This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries.