Journal of Islamic Studies

Journal of Islamic Studies The journal is published by Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies different aspect of Islam as explained below.[1]

About the Journal

The Journal of Islamic Studies is a multi-disciplinary publication dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The Journal seeks to place Islam and the Islamic tradition as its central focus of academic inquiry and to encourage comprehensive consideration of its many facets; to provide a forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies in their global context; to encourage interdisciplinary studies of the Islamic world that are crossnational and comparative; to promote the diffusion, exchange and discussion of research findings; and to encourage interaction among academics from various traditions of learning.

Abstracting and Indexing Services

The Journal of Islamic Studies is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services:

America: History and Life

British Humanities Index

CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Historical Abstracts

IBSS

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

Periodicals Index Online (PIO)

PROQUEST DATABASE : Arts & Humanities Full Text

Sociological Abstracts

The Standard Periodical Directory

The content of the last Issue (Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2022)

Articles

ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī (161–234/778–849): A Critical Reconstruction of His Biography and Evaluation of His Contribution to ḤadĪth Criticism (I-Wen Su )

From kolkHoz to pulpit: Rashida abïstay and female religious authority in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia (Rozaliya Garipova )

AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE AND THE ABSENCE OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION: THE IMPLICATIONS OF 2011 (George Joffé )

Book Reviews

Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East: A Historical Perspective By Daniella Talmon-Heller (Pascal Held )

Collective Liability in Islam: The ʿĀqila and Blood Money Payments By Nurit Tsafrir (Yossef Rapoport )

Syria in Crusader Times: Conflict and Co-Existence (Robert Irwin )

Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia: Generals, Merchants, and Intellectuals Edited by Michal Biran, Jonathan Brack and Francesca Fiaschetti (George Lane )

The Seljuqs and their Successors: Art, Culture and History, Edited by Sheila R. Canby, Deniz Beyazit and Martina Rugiadi (Cailah Jackson )

Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante By Michael Frassetto (Nora Berend )

Islam and Asia: A History, By Chiara Formichi (Francis Robinson)

Frontiers into Borders: Defining South Asian States, 1757–1857, By Ainslie T. Embree and edited by Mark Juergensmeyer (Bruce B Lawrence )

Translating Wisdom: Hindu–Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia By Shankar Nair (Anand Venkatkrishnan )

Modern Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond (Sana Haroon )

Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj By Michael Christopher Low (Ulrike Freitag )

Spiritual Subjects: Central Asian Pilgrims and the Ottoman Hajj at the End of Empire, By Lâle Can (Mustafa Tuna)

Sharīʿa in the Russian Empire: The Reach and Limits of Islamic Law in Central Eurasia, 1550–1917 Edited by Paolo Sartori and Danielle Ross (R Charles Weller)

Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda, By Peter Hill (Hilary Kilpatrick)

Realizing Islam: The Tijaniyya in North Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Muslim World By Zachary Valentine Wright (Knut S Vikør )

Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics, and the French Revolution By Ian Coller Nabil Matar

The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad By Thomas Hegghammer (E G H Joffé )

Lived Islam: Colloquial Religion in a Cosmopolitan Tradition By Kevin Reinhart Mohammad Talib

Books Received

Books Received (Ele Jones )

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