References and links

Islamic art and aesthetics

• Leaman, Oliver.  Islamic Aesthetics

Islam and history

• Sonn, Tamara and Williamsburg, Mary.  A Brief History of Islam

Islamic philosophy

• Adamson, Peter and Taylor, Richard.  The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy

Islamic theology

• Ormsby, Eric.  Ghazali: The Revival of Islam

Islam and interfaith-dialogue

• Pratt, Douglas.   The Challenge of Islam: Encounters in Interfaith Dialogue
• Cragg, Kenneth.   The Arab Christian

Islamic law

• Hallag, Wael.   The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
•  Motzki, Harald. The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence

Islamic mysticism (Sufism)

• Buehler, Arthur.   Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh

Quranic studies

• Rippin, Andrew.   The Blackwell Companion to the Quran
• Hawting, Gerlad and Shareef, Abdul-Kader.  Approaches to the Quran

Academic journals in the field of Islamic Studies

1. Studia Islamica
2. Arabica
3. Journal of Islamic Studies
4. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
5. The Muslim World
6. Journal of Quranic Studies