The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World is a comprehensive four-volume reference work that provides authoritative coverage of contemporary Islamic history, culture, politics, society, and thought. Edited by John L. Esposito, the encyclopedia contains contributions from leading scholars, offering detailed articles on Islamic countries, key historical figures, major movements, ethnic …
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference on the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of the Islamic world in the modern era. Edited by John L. Esposito, the encyclopedia contains scholarly articles written by experts covering Islamic societies, movements, biographies, countries, and key themes shaping the contempor…
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World is a comprehensive, authoritative reference work that explores the key themes, figures, movements, and institutions shaping contemporary Islamic societies. Edited by John L. Esposito, this volume provides scholarly articles written by leading experts, covering political, social, cultural, and religious developments across the modern Muslim wor…
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference on contemporary Islamic societies, history, politics, culture, and thought. Edited by John L. Esposito, this multi-volume encyclopedia explores major themes in the modern Muslim world, including reform movements, intellectual traditions, social transformations, and the interaction between Is…
Esposito and Voll use six case studies to look at the history of this relationship and the role played by new Islamic movements. At one end of the spectrum, Iran and Sudan represent two cases of militant, revolutionary Islam opposing the political system. In Algeria and Malaysia however, the new movements have been legally recognized and made part of the political process. The authors identify …
This work on Islam and politics updates major country case studies and adds coverage of Tunisia, Algeria, the Taliban of Afghanistan and HAMAS. It also addresses the issues of democratization and the clash of civilization debate.
The Islamic world stretches from North America to Shoutheast Asia and includes some forty independent states in which Muslims constitute a majority of the population.