Routledge Library Editions: Islam – serie

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.

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.

Sufis of Andalusia consists of biographical sketches of some of the contemplatives and spiritual masters among whom Ibn 'Arabi spent his early years.

Sufis of Andalusia consists of biographical sketches of some of the contemplatives and spiritual masters among whom Ibn 'Arabi spent his early years.

Originally published between 1936 and 1987 the titles in this set include works by A.J. Arberry, Kenneth Cragg, Elie Kedourie, Moses Maimonides and W.M. Watt.

Originally published between 1925 and 1987 the volumes in this mini-set examine the laws and beliefs of Islam and Muslim institutions and society from the Sudan and Egypt among other areas.

Examining the nature and growth of the cultural tradition of Islam, the volumes in this set cover Islamic life and thought, the role of the Prophet, prophecy in Islam, the Crusades and problems of the twentieth century Arab world.