Islamic Studies

The Islamic Studies Collection includes research on contemporary Islamic religious practices, the history of Islam, comparisons between Islam and other religions and studies on Islam in the West. It also contains scholarship devoted to the classical Islamic sciences, including traditions of learning such as Qur’anic exegesis, hermeneutics, law, theology, linguistic thought, Islamic archaeology, Sufism, the Hadith and studies on the medieval genres of Arabic biography and history including critically edited editions of important classical manuscripts. The collection draws on all Equinox publications -- both books and journals --that have published on these topics.