Recommended Reading List of Dr. Joseph Lumbard

This list was compiled in 2 August, 2008 by the professor Dr. Joseph Lumbard in collaboration with A Common Word project.

I. Qur’an:

1. Izutsu, Toshihiko. Ethico-religious Concepts in the Qur’ān (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s Univ., 2007).

2. Izutsu, Toshihiko. God and Man in the Koran: Semantics of the Koranic Weltanschauung (North Stratford: Ayer Company, 1998).

3. al-Khu’i, Al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi. Prolegomena to the Qur’an (Oxford University Press, 1998).

4. Mattson, Ingrid. The Story of the Qurʼan: Its History and Place in Muslim Life (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008).

5. Rahman, Fazlur. Major Themes in the Quran (Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust, 1999).

6. Sells, Michael. Approaching the Quran (White Cloud Press, 1999)

7. Tabātabāʼī, Muhammad Husayn. The Qu’ran in Islam (Tehran: Islamic Propagation Organization, 1990).

II. Qur’anic Commentary:

1. Ayoub, Mahmoud M. The Qur’an and its Interpreters, vol.1-2. (Albany: SUNY Publications, 1984).

2. Gatje, Helmut. The Qur’an and Its Exegesis (Oxford: Oneworld; 2Rev Ed edition, 1996). 328pgs.

3. Saleh, Walid A. The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition: The Qur’an Commentary of al-Tha’labi, (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003).

III. Sirah—Biography of the Prophet:

1. Lings, Martin. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society).

2. Watt, William Montgomery. Muhammad at Mecca (Oxford: Clarendon, 1953).

3. Watt, William Montgomery. Muhammad at Medina (Oxford: Clarendon, 1956).

IV. Hadith:

1. Lucas, Scott. Constructive Critics, Hadith Scholars, and the Articulation of Sunni Islam (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004).

2. Motzki, Harald. The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh Before the Classical Schools, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002).

3. Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair. Hadith Literature: Its Origins, Development and Special Features (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1996).

V. Islamic History:

1. Hodgson, Marshal. The Venture of Islam, Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle East (Chicago: Chicago University, 1977).

2. Hodgson, Marshal. The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times, (Chicago: Chicago University, 1977).

3. Lapidus, Ira. A History of Islamic Societies (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2nd edition, 2002).

4. Saunders, John Joseph. A History of Medieval Islam (London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1972).

VI. Islamic Law:

On Legal History:

1. Coulson, Noel J. A History of Islamic Law (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2007).

2. Dutton, Yasin. Origins of Islamic Law: The Qur’an, the Muwatta’ and Madinan Amal (RoutledgeCurzon, 2002).

3. Hallaq, Wael. Origin and Evolution of Islamic Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004).

4. Hallaq, Wael. A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni usul al-fiqh (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1999).

5. Makdisi, George. The Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1981).

6. Motzki, Harald. The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh Before the Classical Schools, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002).

7. Stewart, Devin J. Islamic Legal Orthodoxy (University of Utah Press, 1998).

On Legal Theory:

1. Kamali, Mohammad Hashim. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Islamic Texts Society, 3rd edition, 2005).

2. Rauf, Feisal Abdul. Islam a Sacred Law: What Every Muslim Should Know About Shariah, (Threshold Books, 1999).

3. Weiss, Bernard G. The Spirit of Islamic Law (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006).

4. Kamali, Mohammad Hashim. Freedom of Expression in Islam (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1997).

VII. Islamic Theology:

1. Jackson, Sherman. On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance on Islam (Oxford University, 2002).

2. Martin, Richard C. and Mark Woodward with Dwi S. Atmaja. Defenders of Reason in Islam, Mu‘tazilism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1997).

3. Watt, Montgomery. An Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology (Edinburgh: 6 Edinburgh University).

4. Wolfson, Harry A. The Philosophy of the Kalam (Cambridge: Harvard University, 1976).

VIII. Islamic Philosophy:

1. Chittick, William. The Heart of Islamic Philosophy, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).

2. Izutsu, Toshiko. The Fundamental Structure of Sabzawari’s Metaphysics, (Tehran: McGill University, 1972).

3. Leaman, Oliver. An Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).

4. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia (London: Curzon Press, 1997).

5. Wisnovsky, Robert. Avicenna’s Metaphysics in Context (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003).

6. Yazdi, Mehdi Ha’iri. The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence (Albany: SUNY Publications, 1992).

IX. Essential Reference Works:

1. Corbin, Henry. History of Islamic Philosophy. trans. Liadain Sherrard (London: Kegan Paul, 1993).

2. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein and Oliver Leaman. History of Islamic Philosophy (London: Routledge, 1996).

X. Sufism:

On Sufi Thought:

1. Burckhardt, Titus. An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (Wellingborough, 1976).

2. Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn Al-Arabi’s Metaphysics of Imagination (Albany: State University of New York, 1989).

3. Chodkiewicz, Michel. The Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn al-‘Arabi (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1993).

4. Lings, Martin. What is Sufism (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, New Edition, 1999).

5. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Sufi Essays (London: Allen and Unwin, 1972).

On Sufi History and Practice:

1. Ernst, Carl. The Shambala Guide to Sufism (Boston: Shambala, 1997).

2. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. Sufism: The Formative Period (University of California, 2007).

3. Knysh, Alexander. Sufism, A Brief History (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2004).

4. Lings, Martin. A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad Al-ʻAlawī; His Spiritual Heritage and Legacy (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1993).

5. Schimmel, Annemarie. Sufism: The Mystical Dimension of Islam (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina).

6. Trimingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi Orders in Islam (New York: Oxford, 1998).

XI. Shi’ism:

1. Amir-Moezzi, M. Ali. The Divine Guide in Early Shi’ism, (Albany, SUNY, 1994).

2. Modaressi, Hossein. Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi’ite Islam: Abū Ja’far Ibn Qiba Al-Rāzī and His Contribution to Imāmite Shī’ite Thought (Princeton: Darwin, 1993).

3. Newman, Andrew. The Formative Period of Twelver Shi`ism (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000).

4. Sobhani, Jafar. Doctrines of Shii Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices. trans. Reza Shah Kazemi (London: I.B. Tauris/Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2001).

5. Tabatabai, Allamah Hossein. Shi’ite Islam (Albany: SUNY, 1977).

6. Watt, Montgomery. The Formative Period of Islamic Thought (Oxford: Oneworld, 1998).

XII. Islamic Art and Architecture:

1. Burckhardt, Titus. The Art of Islam: Language and Meaning (London: World of Islam Festival Publ. Co., 1976).

2. Burckhard, Titus. Sacred art East and West (Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2001).

3. Al-Faruqi, Lois Lamya. Islam and Art (Islamabad: National Hijra Council, 1405 /1985).

4. Gonzalez, Valérie. Beauty and Islam: Aesthetics in Islamic Art and Architecture (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001).

5. Grabar, Oleg. The Formation of Islamic Art (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987).

6. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic Art and Spirituality (Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1987).

XIII. Islam and the West/Islam in the Modern World:

1. Bulliet, Richard. The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization (New York: Columbia University, 2006).

2. Daniel, Norman. Islam and the West: The Making of an Image (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1993).

3. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islam and the Plight of Modern Man (Chicago: Kazi, 2002).

4. Voll, John. Islam Continuity and Change in the Modern World, 2nd Edition (Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 1994).

XIV. Islamic Fundamentalism:

1. Algar, Hamid. Wahhabism, a Critical Essay. (Oneonta, NY: Islamic Publications International, 2002).

2. El Fadl, Khaled M. Abou. The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005).

3. Lumbard, Joseph. Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars (Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom, 2004).

4. Oliveti, Vincenzo. Terror’s Source: The Ideology of Wahhabi Salafism and its Consequences, Vincenzo Oliveti (UK: Amadeus Press, 2002).

XV. Islam and Other Religions:

1. Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Quran, Geoffrey Parrinder (Oxford: One World, 1995).

2. Shah-Kazemi, Reza. The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur’ån and Interfaith Dialogue (London: Islamic Texts Society, 2006).