Welcome to our Introduction to Islam publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

Browse our titles for ithe Introduction to Islam course below.

Introduction to Islam

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In the Footsteps of the Prophet

Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
Tariq Ramadan
ISBN13: 9780195308808ISBN10: 0195308808 hardback, 256 pages
Dec 2006,  (This Format No Longer Available)
A renowned Muslim scholar offers an important new biography of the Prophet Muhammad, showing how the Prophet's life can be a model for Muslims today
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Islam in the World

Third Edition
Malise Ruthven
ISBN13: 9780195305036ISBN10: 0195305035 Paperback, 544 pages
Feb 2006,  In Stock
A newly revised and updated edition of the best-selling introduction to Islam
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Western Muslims and the Future of Islam

Tariq Ramadan
ISBN13: 9780195183566ISBN10: 0195183568 Paperback, 288 pages
Aug 2005,  In Stock
One of Islam's most innovative and important voices illuminates what it means to be a Muslim in the West
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Islam

The Straight Path
Updated with New Epilogue
Revised Third Edition
John L. Esposito
ISBN13: 9780195182668ISBN10: 0195182669 Paperback, 336 pages
Dec 2004,  In Stock
An updated version of Islam: The Straight Path that includes a new Epilogue by John Esposito in which he addresses the impact 9/11 and its aftermath have had on both the Muslim and non-Muslim world
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Editor in Chief: John L. Esposito
ISBN13: 9780195125597ISBN10: 0195125592 Paperback, 384 pages
Aug 2004,  In Stock
An A-Z dictionary with approximately 2000 entries spanning the religious, political, and social spheres of modern Islam with background historical entries and a particular emphasis on Islam and the West.
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Modernist Islam, 1840-1940

A Sourcebook
Edited by Charles Kurzman
ISBN13: 9780195154689ISBN10: 0195154681 Paperback, 408 pages
Sep 2002,  In Stock
Proponents of the modernist Islam movement believed that it was not only possible but imperative to show how "modern" values and institutions could be reconciled with authentically Islamic ideals. This sourcebook brings together a broad range of writings--many published here in English for the first time--on modernist Islam from across the Muslim world.
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What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam

John L. Esposito
ISBN13: 9780195157130ISBN10: 0195157133 Hardback, 224 pages
Aug 2002,  In Stock
A brief but reliable primer on Muslims and Islam, written by one of America's most respected authorities
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Islam: A Very Short Introduction

Malise Ruthven
ISBN13: 9780192853899ISBN10: 0192853899 Paperback, 176 pages
Apr 2000,  In Stock
A balanced and incisive overview of a religion often in the spotlight
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction

Michael Cook
ISBN13: 9780192853448ISBN10: 0192853449 Paperback, 176 pages
Apr 2000,  In Stock due Dec 28 2009
A clear, intelligent, and accessible discussion of fundamentalist interpretations of the Koran
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Islam

From the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople
Volume 1: Politics and War
Edited and translated by Bernard Lewis
ISBN13: 9780195050875ISBN10: 0195050878 Paperback, 304 pages
Jun 1987,  In Stock
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Islam

From the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople
Volume 2: Religion and Society
Edited and translated by Bernard Lewis
ISBN13: 9780195050882ISBN10: 0195050886 Paperback, 352 pages
Jun 1987,  In Stock
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Muhammad

Michael Cook
ISBN13: 9780192876058ISBN10: 0192876058 Paperback, 96 pages
Jan 1983,  In Stock
This incisive, sympathetic account of Muhammad's life and beliefs examines the birth of Mohammedanism, its spread and development, and the continued importance of its message to the modern world.