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Islam – The Key Concepts by  Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman

Islam – The Key Concepts

About the book

 Islam: The Key Concepts is a concise and easy-to-understand primer to Islam’s religion and culture.

 Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman discuss the Qur’an, faith, theology, gender, fundamentalism, martyrdom, Jihad, Islam in America, Islam in Europe, and Islamic Law, among other topics. 

A complete introduction, an alphabetical list of important terms (totally cross-referenced), a short bibliographical guide, bibliography, and index are included in this great study resource. 

There is also a glossary of all non-English terminology.

About the the two writers

Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on the Qur’an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence is written by Kecia Ali (2006).

 She is currently employed at Boston University as an Assistant Professor of Religion.

 She has held fellowships at Brandeis University and Harvard Divinity School for research and teaching.

Oliver Leaman is a professor at the University of Kentucky who specializes in Islamic philosophy. 

His edited volume, The Qur’an: an Encyclopedia, is his most recent relevant publication (Routledge, 2005).