The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women: Two-Volume Set (Oxford Encyclopedias of Islamic Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199764468 ISBN 13: 9780199764464

Publisher: OUP USA, 2013

Synopsis

Scholarship on Islam and women has expanded exponentially over the past twenty years, with increasing specialization within the field, as well as cross-pollination between other fields and disciplines. With this surge in interest there is a genuine need for a systematic reference work to provide balanced comprehensive coverage of the field.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women is designed to meet this need by providing clear, current, comprehensive information on the major topics of scholarly interest within the study of women and Islam.

The Encyclopedia, which is based on the highly acclaimed Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World and is one of four encyclopedias in the Islamic World series, will be published as an e-book, in print, and on Oxford Islamic Studies Online. It will feature several hundred in-depth articles written by leading experts and is intended as a single source for accurate overview articles covering all aspects of this flourishing area of research.

About this title

Review:

Many of the entries succeed in striking a balance between informational content and nuance as well as historical trajectory and contemporary relevance. (J. Hammer, Choice,)

About the Author:

Natana J. DeLong-Bas teaches in the department of theology at Boston College. She is the author of Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad (2004), Notable Muslims: A Biographical Dictionary (2006), and co-author of Women in Muslim Family Law revised edition, with John L. Esposito (2001). She has served as editor for and contributor to The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, and contributor to The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (2004), and deputy editor for The Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. She is a frequent public speaker on Islam, Wahhabism, and Saudi Arabia.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199764468
• ISBN 13: 9780199764464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1428
• Editor: Delong-Bas Natana J., Afsaruddin Asma, Abugideiri Hibba, Ezzat Heba