Theology

A political theorist teases out the century-old ideological transformation at the heart of contemporary discourse in Muslim nations undergoing political change.The Arab Spring precipitated a crisis in political Islam. In Egypt Islamists have been crushed...

From New York Times bestselling author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi-a former Muslim-comes his deeply personal, challenging, and respectful answer book to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism.San...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928329091Author Imam Ja`far Al-SadiqFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Zahra PublicationsPublisher Zahra PublicationsWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

AIslamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within this tradition, philosophizing is done in a world in which prophecy...

Events are making clear to ever-widening circles of readers the need for something more than a superficial knowledge of non-European cultures. In particular, the blossoming into independence of numerous African states, many of which are largely Muslim or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938058622Author Qadi Yusuf Al-NabahaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Institute for Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (Isca)Publisher Institute...

In this comprehensive open access book, written for readers from any or no religious background, Leena El-Ali does something remarkable. Never before has anyone taken on every last claim relating to Islam and women and countered it not just with Qur'anic...

While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderbad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this English interpretation of the Holy Koran.Book InformationISBN 9781857151053Author Ed M...

One of the most controversial episodes in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Known as the Satanic verses, these praises to the pagan deities contradict the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953450753Author Abu Al-GhazzaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Mockingbird PressPublisher Mockingbird PressWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621545Author Nuh Ha Mim KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 200g

A compelling book that casts the Qur'anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new lightIn this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141334Author Abu Hamid al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 217Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 350g

The Path of Worshippers to the Paradise of the Lord of the Universe is an authoritative book and a guideline on practical Sufism ('irfan-i 'amali). It is also a mirror to the soul of its author. In this book Ghazzali speaks not only as a scholar but also...

Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique historiography to challenge the imposition of modern...

A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author 'Ayn al-Qudat, is remarkable for many reasons, not least...

A first-ever collection of contemporary Muslim women's khutbahs (sermons) drawing on their social, religious, and spiritual experiences and framed by original reflections on an emerging Muslim feminist ethics Within the Muslim world, there is a dynamic...

In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary...

Constructs a contemporary philosophical theology from the M?tur?d? tradition of kal?m Reconstructs the theological system of Ab? Man??r al-M?tur?d? Explores the development of the early and classical M?tur?d? tradition Engages with contemporary...

Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim theology is a comparatively young discipline. Much progress has been achieved over the past decades with respect both to discoveries of new materials and to scholarly approaches to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906342203Author 'Abd Al-Qadir Al-JilaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Luna Plena PublishingPublisher Safis Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

Friendship-particularly interreligious friendship-offers both promise and peril. After the end of Muslim political sovereignty in South Asia, how did Muslim scholars grapple with the possibilities and dangers of Hindu-Muslim friendship? How did they...

This book is the first of two volumes that aim to produce something not previously attempted: a synthetic history of Muslim responses to the Bible, stretching from the rise of Islam to the present day. It combines scholarship with a genuine narrative,...

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of the contemporary debates within political Islam, providing an in-depth analysis of the specific movements, countries and regions in the Arab world and Israel. The contributors contend that the evolution of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938058639Author Gibril Fouad HaddadFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Institute for Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (Isca)Publisher Institute for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944904203Author Muḥammad Nawawī Al-JāwīFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint IslamosaicPublisher IslamosaicWeight(grams)...

The modern political idea of jihad-a violent struggle against corrupt or anti-Islamic regimes-is essentially the brainchild of one man who turned traditional Islamic precepts inside out and created the modern radical political Islamist movement. Using...

While used for centuries in Sufi circles, the prayer known as 'The Most Elevated Cycle' or 'The Prayer of Protection', had never before been available in English. This book provides a lucid English translation of this beautiful and powerful prayer...

A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, who is perfectly good, compassionate, merciful, powerful, and wise permits intense and profuse evil and...

This book seeks to elucidate the concept of justice, not so much as it is expressed in law courts (retributive and procedural justice) or in state budgets (distributive justice), but as primary justice - what it means and how it can be grounded in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838499662Author Al-ʿallāma Al-ḤillīFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint AMI PressPublisher AMI PressWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm)...

Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers...

The study of Islamic philosophy has entered a new and exciting phase in the last few years. Both the received canon of Islamic philosophers and the narrative of the course of Islamic philosophy are in the process of being radically questioned and revised...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903682456Author Abu Hamid al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 360g

This beautiful presentation of 99 Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad draws the reader nearer to the Prophet through contemplation and reflection of his names, their meaning and how each shapes our daily lives. By studying the Prophet's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087988320Author Gibril Fouad HaddadFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992992507Author Amir FatirPage Count 74Imprint Fatir PublishingPublisher Fatir Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141365Author Abu Hamid al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 625g

The idea that God reveals himself to human beings is central in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but differs in regard of content and conceptualization. The first volume of the new series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses points out similarities...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981047Author Garry WillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc