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Product Description: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, there has been an overwhelming demand for information about Islam, and recent events - the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks both failed and successful, debates throughout Europe over Islamic dress, and many others - have raised new questions in the minds of policymakers and the general public...read more
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9780199794133 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, July 13, 2011), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, there has been an overwhelming demand for information about Islam, and recent events - the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks both failed and successful, debates throughout Europe over Islamic dress, and many others - have raised new questions in the minds of policymakers and the general public.
9780195157130 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Uses a question and answer format to present information on topics including faith and practice, Islam and other religions, customs and culture, and Muslims in the West.

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Product Description: This updated version of Islam: The Straight Path includes a new Epilogue by John Esposito in which he addresses the impact 9/11 and its aftermath have had on both the Muslim and non-Muslim world, discussing Islam's relationship to democracy and modernity and focusing more sharply on the origins and growth of extremism and terrorism in the name of Islam...read more
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9780195112337 | 3 sub edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 15, 1998), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An up-to-date overview of the Islamic experience offers a definitive study of Islamic history, faith, culture, and politics, examining the evolution of Islamic belief and practice, the diversity of Muslim cultures, and Muslim thoughts on human rights, democracy, and religious pluralism.
9780195062250 | Expanded edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 1991), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Provides a survey of the Islamic experience, introducing the faith, belief, and practice of Islam from its origins to the present day
9780195043983 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 6, 1988, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: The world's largest religion, Islam is also one of the fastest growing and most politically potent, yet its nature remains obscure to many westerners despite its common theological and historical roots with Judaism and Christianity.

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9780195182668 | 3 rev upd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 30, 2004), cover price $42.95 | About this edition: This updated version of Islam: The Straight Path includes a new Epilogue by John Esposito in which he addresses the impact 9/11 and its aftermath have had on both the Muslim and non-Muslim world, discussing Islam's relationship to democracy and modernity and focusing more sharply on the origins and growth of extremism and terrorism in the name of Islam.
9780195112344, titled "Islam,: The Straight Path" | 3 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 15, 1998), cover price $31.95 | About this edition: This exceptionally successful survey text introduces the faith, belief, and practice of Islam from its earliest origins up to its contemporary resurgence.
9780195074727 | Expanded edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 1992), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Now in an expanded edition, this outstandingly successful survey text introduces students of religion and world politics to the faith and practice of Islam, the second largest religion in the world and one of the most politically potent.

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Amazon.com Review: John L. Esposito is one of America's leading authorities on Islam. Now, in this brilliant portrait of Islam today-- and tomorrow-- he draws on a lifetime of thought and research to provide an accurate, richly nuanced, and revelatory account of the fastest growing religion in the world...read more
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9780195165210 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 4, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Amazon.

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Product Description: This unique reference is a comprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions, religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world. Beginning coverage in the sixth century and extending it to the present day, the Encyclopedia covers Muslims in the Arab heartland as well as South and Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas...read more
By John L. Esposito (editor)
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9780195305135 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 3, 2009, cover price $795.00 | About this edition: This unique reference is a comprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions, religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world.

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An informed and balanced introduction by a renowned scholar and founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University provides an excellent survey of the faith, practice, and beliefs, as well as politics and law within Islam.
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9788449319402 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, October 15, 2006), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An informed and balanced introduction by a renowned scholar and founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University provides an excellent survey of the faith, practice, and beliefs, as well as politics and law within Islam.

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Chronicles the great religions of human history and their rituals, practices, and beliefs, exploring the geographical regions, areas, and cultures where the various faiths grew and flourished and following their development as they spread around the world.
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9780792273172 | Natl Geographic Society, August 1, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Chronicles the great religions of human history and their rituals, practices, and beliefs, exploring the geographical regions, areas, and cultures where the various faiths grew and flourished and following their development as they spread around the world.

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Product Description: Drawing upon the expertise of the foremost Christian and Muslim scholars and political analysts, this book discusses the theological and political aspects of the war on terrorism from both Muslim and Christian perspectives and critiques the neoconservative movement and its alliance with the evangelical Christian Right...read more
By John L. Esposito (foreword by), Khaled Abou El Fadl (introduced by) and Aftab Ahmad Malik (editor)
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9780954054465 | 1 edition (Amal Pr, May 16, 2006), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Drawing upon the expertise of the foremost Christian and Muslim scholars and political analysts, this book discusses the theological and political aspects of the war on terrorism from both Muslim and Christian perspectives and critiques the neoconservative movement and its alliance with the evangelical Christian Right.

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Product Description: 9/11 and continued acts of global terrorism have challenged the understanding of academic experts, policymakers, and students, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Critical questions have been raised about Islam and Muslim politics in the modern world: Are Islam and modernity compatible? Is Islam in need of and capable of reform? What do Islam and what do Muslims have to say about globalization, democracy, human rights, women, jihad, violence, terrorism, and suicide bombing? Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives responds to these and other questions, taking into account the myriad of changes and challenges that Islam and Muslims have experienced over the last twenty years...read more
By John J. Donohue (editor) and John L. Esposito (editor)
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9780195174304 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 27, 2006), cover price $67.00 | About this edition: "This book will work out well for my Modern Islam course.
9780195030228 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 25, 1982, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Selections from modern Islamic thought discuss patriotism, Arab unity, socialism, the modernization of religious law, the status of women, and Islamic economics

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9780195174311 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 9, 2006), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: 9/11 and continued acts of global terrorism have challenged the understanding of academic experts, policymakers, and students, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
9780195030235 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 25, 1982), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Selections from modern Islamic thought discuss patriotism, Arab unity, socialism, the modernization of religious law, the status of women, and Islamic economics

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A richly detailed reference chronicles the great religions of human history and their rituals, practices, and beliefs in a series of vivid photographs, maps, and text, exploring the geographical regions, areas, and cultures where the various faiths grew and flourished and following their development as they spread around the world.
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9780792273134 | Natl Geographic Society, December 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the great religions of human history and their rituals, practices, and beliefs, exploring the geographical regions, areas, and cultures where the various faiths grew and flourished and following their development as they spread around the world.

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Product Description: Designed for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format. The Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners...read more
By John L. Esposito (editor)
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9780195125580 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 11, 2003, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Offers over 2,000 entries in an A-Z format, covering topics relating to Islam, including Islamic law, culture, key leaders, and historical events.

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9780195125597 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 21, 2004, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Designed for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format.

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9788420656519, titled "El Islam / What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam: 94 Preguntas Basicas/ 94 Basic Questions" | Italian edition edition (Alianza Editorial Sa, June 30, 2004), cover price $18.95

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Product Description: Once a year Muslims from around the world_representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes_perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Now, the global diversity of Muslims at the Hajj is almost repliacted in the United States: new immigrants, Muslims whose families have been here for generations, and converts are coming together, seeing what unites them and what issues they face together...read more
By Mumtaz Ahmad (editor), Zahid H. Bukhari (editor), John L. Esposito (editor) and Sulayman S. Nyang (editor)
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9780759106123 | Altamira Pr, June 30, 2004, cover price $87.50 | About this edition: Once a year Muslims from around the world_representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes_perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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9780759106130 | Altamira Pr, June 1, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Once a year Muslims from around the world—representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes—perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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Alphabetically arranged entries provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles, history, and influence of Islam.
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9780195165203 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 13, 2004, cover price $415.00 | About this edition: Alphabetically arranged entries provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles, history, and influence of Islam.

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Product Description: Works from the first conference on the Fethullah Gülen movement in Turkey. This book examines recent reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gülen movement. Combining a devotion to Islam with love for modern learning, especially modern science, the Fethullah Gülen movement has gained a substantial following in Turkey over the past twenty years, and since 1991 has achieved great influence in Central Asia through the establishment of schools...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By John L. Esposito (editor) and M. Hakan Yavuz (editor)
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9780815630159 | Syracuse Univ Pr, November 1, 2003, cover price $59.95 | About this edition: Works from the first conference on the Fethullah Gülen movement in Turkey.

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9780815630401 | Syracuse Univ Pr, November 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Works from the first conference on the Fethullah Gülen movement in Turkey.

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Product Description: The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left us stunned, angry, and uncomprehending. As it became clear that these horrifying acts had been committed in the name of religion, the media, the government, and ordinary citizens alike sought answers to questions about Islam and its adherents...read more
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9780195154351 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, May 2, 2002, cover price $74.00 | About this edition: A scholar of political Islam offers an explanation of the teachings of the Quran, discussing the rise of Muslim extremist groups, the reasons for Muslim anti-Americanism, and the outlook for peace.

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9780195168860 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 13, 2003, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left us stunned, angry, and uncomprehending.

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9788449313769 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, April 1, 2003), cover price $8.95

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Product Description: Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom. But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to other beliefs have come into question...read more
By John L. Esposito (editor), Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor) and Jane I. Smith (editor)
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9780759103511 | Altamira Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $77.00 | About this edition: Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom.

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9780759103528 | Altamira Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom.

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Product Description: In recent years, Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States. Greater attention to religious observance has accompanied the creation of new institutions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Francois Burgat (editor) and John L. Esposito (editor)
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9780813531977 | Rutgers Univ Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: In recent years, Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States.

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9780813531984 | Rutgers Univ Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In recent years, Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States.

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Increased Muslim migration has changed the religious landscape of Europe and America. Mosques and Islamic centres are found in many urban areas. This volume examines the global nature of Islam and considers the effect it has on Western culture and the modernising influence the West has on Islam.
By John L. Esposito (editor)
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9781850656784 | Gardners Books, December 9, 2002, cover price $24.35 | About this edition: Increased Muslim migration has changed the religious landscape of Europe and America.

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Product Description: Important for a general audience interested in women and religion, this book will be especially valuable to scholars in the fields of feminist theology, comparative religion, and interfaith studies. Based on the premise that women's struggles to have their voices heard are shared throughout the monothesims, these essays offer new insights into the traditions of three religions during the past century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By John L. Esposito (editor) and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor)
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9780813021034 | Univ Pr of Florida, September 1, 2001, cover price $59.95 | About this edition: Important for a general audience interested in women and religion, this book will be especially valuable to scholars in the fields of feminist theology, comparative religion, and interfaith studies.

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9780813025940 | Univ Pr of Florida, September 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Important for a general audience interested in women and religion, this book will be especially valuable to scholars in the fields of feminist theology, comparative religion, and interfaith studies.

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9780815629085 | 2 sub edition (Syracuse Univ Pr, January 1, 2002), cover price $19.95
9780815622789 | Syracuse Univ Pr, October 1, 1982, cover price $19.95

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Product Description: The twenty-first century is witnessing a resurgence and globalization of religion. Around the world, religion has become an increasingly more important and pervasive force in personal and public life. Revealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, World Religions Today, Second Edition, explores eight major religious traditions as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies...read more
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9780195176995 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 24, 2005), cover price $77.95 | About this edition: The twenty-first century is witnessing a resurgence and globalization of religion.
9789990077940 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $0.02
9780195102536 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 26, 2001, cover price $71.50 | About this edition: The twenty-first century is witnessing a resurgence and globalization of religion.

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Product Description: In this timely and important work, John Esposito and John Voll explore the development of contemporary Islamic movements and thought through the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals who represent a wide range of Muslim societies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780195141276 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 3, 2001, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: In this timely and important work, John Esposito and John Voll explore the development of contemporary Islamic movements and thought through the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals who represent a wide range of Muslim societies.

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9780195141283 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 3, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: In this timely and important work, John Esposito and John Voll explore the development of contemporary Islamic movements and thought through the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals who represent a wide range of Muslim societies.

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Product Description: At the dawn of the 21st century, we are witnessing the redefining and reforming of the Islamic Republic, a struggle between the President Khatami's reformist agenda and more militant conservative forces led by Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Religious Guide...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By John L. Esposito (editor) and Rouhollah K. Ramazani (editor)
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9780312238162 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 24, 2001, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: At the dawn of the 21st century, we are witnessing the redefining and reforming of the Islamic Republic, a struggle between the President Khatami's reformist agenda and more militant conservative forces led by Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Religious Guide.

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Product Description: As the new millenium dawns, religion is again attracting attention as a public and not just a private matter. This book deals with religion’s contribution to such critical issues for humanity’s future as international order and political stability, Third World development and safeguarding the environment, as well as its challenge to the major modern ideologies of socialism and liberalism...read more
By John L. Esposito (editor)
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9780708315262 | Univ of Wales Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: As the new millenium dawns, religion is again attracting attention as a public and not just a private matter.

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