Reading list: General Works on Islam and Muslims
Ahmed, Akbar S. Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society. London: Routledge, 1988.
Eickelman, Dale F. and James Piscatori. Muslim Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.
Ernst, Carl. Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
Esposito, John, ed. The Oxford History of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Hodgson, Marshall G.S. The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1974.
Netton, Ian. Islam, Christianity and Tradition: A Comparative Exploration. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
Rippin, Andrew. Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. London: Routledge, 2001.
Ramadan, Tariq. Islam, the West and the Challenge of Modernity. Leicester: Islamic Foundation, 2003.
Safi, Omid, ed. Progressive Muslims: On Gender, Justice and Pluralism. Oxford: Oneworld, 2003.