Religious Studies Reference Materials
A Guide to Resources at SJSU's King Library
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Electronic Resources (Reference) | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Atlases | Almanacs | Primary Sources | Resources for the Study of Primary Sources | eBooks: Introductory Monographs | Indexes
Electronic Resources (Reference)
Esposito, John L., ed. Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press, Inc. 2003. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t125]
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. The Muslims of America [Religion in America Series]. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Martin, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. [Gale Virtual Reference Library http://find.galegroup.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/gvrl/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=csusj]
Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical Dictionary of Islam. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 50 .A33 2001]
Mawsilili, Ahmad. Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 60 .M36 1999]
Netton, Ian Richard. A Popular Dictionary of Islam. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Pub. Group, 1997. [King 6th Floor BP40 .N48 1997]
The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden, Brill, 1960- . [King Reference 2nd Floor DS 37 .E523]
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. Leiden: Brill, 2000- [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 133 .E53 2001]
Glasse, Cyril. The New Encyclopedia of Islam. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 40 .G42 2001x]
Kabbani, Muhammad Hisham. Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine, 2nd ed. 8 vols. Mountain View, CA: As-Sunna Foundation of America, 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 166 .K33 1998]
Leaman, Oliver, ed. The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. London; New York: Routledge, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP133 .Q87 2006]
Newby, Gordon Darnell. A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford [U.K.]: Oneworld, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP40 .N48 2002]
Al-Faruqi, Isma'il R. and Lois Lamya' al Faruqi. Cultural Atlas of Islam. New York: Macmillan, 1986. [King Reference 2nd FloorDS36.85 .A39 1986]
Nanji, Azim A., ed. The Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP40 .M83 1996]
Abdel Haleem, M.A.S., trans. The Qur'an. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [King 6th Floor BP109 2004]
Ali, A. Yusuf, trans. The Holy Qur'an. Indianapolis: American Trust Pubns. for the Muslim Student's Association of the United States and Canada, 1977. [King 6th Floor BP109 1977x]
Khalifa, Rashad, trans. Quran: The Final Testament. Tucson: Islamic Productions, 1989. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP109 .K44 1989]
Sells, Michael, trans. Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 1999. [King Nonfiction 3rd Floor 297.1226 Quran]
Resources for the Study of Primary Sources
Abu-Hamdiyyah, Mohammad. The Qur'an: An Introduction. London; New York: Routledge, 2000. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10067564]
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. Leiden: Brill, 2000- [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 133 .E53 2001]
Gatje, Helmut. The Qur'an and its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. [King 6th Floor BP130.45 .G313]
Leaman, Oliver, ed. The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. London; New York: Routledge, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP133 .Q87 2006]
eBooks: Introductory Monographs
Clarke, Peter. The World's Religions: Islam. London: Routledge, 2002. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Nigosian, S. A. Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Ruthven, Malise. Islam: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Smith, Jane I. Islam in America [Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series]. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
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