September 14, 2011
Learn More About Islam
By Craig Farmer John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010). John Esposito, director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, produced this magisterial survey of the history, theology, and politics of Islam. Now in its fourth edition, the book provides a primarily historical review of the development of Islam, including an analysis of its contemporary resurgence. Michael Anthony Sells, Approaching the Qur”an: The Early Revelations (Ashland: White Cloud Press, 1999). Michael Sells, professor of Islamic history at the University of Chicago, produced an introduction and translation of the Koran (also written
