Islamic Studies
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Handbook on Religion and Health
Edited by James R. Cochrane, Gary Gunderson, Teresa Cutts
This revelatory Handbook explores the relationship between religion and health, emphasising the effects of organised religion and spirituality on community, population, and public health. While comprehensively summarising the current sta... -
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A World History of Political Thought
James Babb
In this revised and improved second edition of A World History of Political Thought, the comprehensive comparative analysis of political thought from 600 BC to the present day is given even more depth and context. The result is an intrig...eBook:Find out more£35.96
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Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought
Edited by Cary J. Nederman, Guillaume Bogiaris
This insightful Handbook reviews the key frameworks guiding political scientists and historians of political thought. Comprehensive in scope, it covers historical methodology, traditions, epochs, and classic authors and texts, spanning f... -
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Handbook of Middle East Politics
Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh
This Handbook uses a comprehensive study of political institutions, social movements and external pressures to offer nuanced study of politics in the Middle East. Foremost scholars on the Middle East examine key themes such as political ...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Handbook on Religion and International Relations
Edited by Jeffrey Haynes
This comprehensive Handbook examines the relationship between religion and international relations, mainly focusing on several world religions – Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism. Providing a timely update on this understudied to...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Islamic Finance
Hans Visser
In this extensively updated third edition, Hans Visser explores the ideas and concepts that drive and shape Islamic finance. This incisive book reviews the products, institutions and markets offered by Islamic finance in the modern marke...eBook:Find out more£26.36
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A Guide to Islamic Asset Management
John A. Sandwick, M. K. Hassan, Pablo Collazzo
This original book examines how investment theory and regulatory constraints are linked to the professional processes of portfolio investments, and how the principles of Islam as defined by sharia fit into these processes. It also explor...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful
Mohd M. Billah, Ezzedine GhlamAllah, Christos Alexakis
The model of Islamic insurance policy is based on the principles of mutual cooperation, brotherhood and solidarity. This timely volume contradicts the widely-held belief that insurance policies oppose the teachings of Islam, exploring wa...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Behind the Veil
Neville Cox
Since the early 2010s, an increasing number of European countries have passed laws that prohibit the wearing of various kinds of Islamic veil in particular circumstances. This insightful book considers the arguments used to justify such ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Human Rights and Islam
Abdullah Saeed
Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with an exploration of what rights are and how the human rights discourse developed, Abdullah Saeed explores the resources that exist within Islamic tradition. He looks at those that ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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New Capitalism in Turkey
Ayşe Buğra, Osman Savaşkan
New Capitalism in Turkey explores the changing relationship between politics, religion and business through an analysis of the contemporary Turkish business environment.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Edited by Carlo Altomonte, Massimiliano Ferrara
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent ‘Arab Spring’ wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability i...eBook:Find out more£25.00