Islam

Edited by J.H. Kramers.
Leiden: Brill, 1960–2004.
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The new, or second edition, of this work is the largest and the most scholarly English-language work of reference about Islam available online. Includes extensive bibliographies.

Edited by Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas and Everett Rowson.
Leiden: Brill, 2007–present.
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A third edition of this work began publication in 2007.

Edited by Richard C. Martin.
NY: Macmillan Reference, 2004.
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A somewhat more popular – but still academic – work than the Brill Encyclopedia of Islam. There are articles on the core tenets of Islamic beliefs as well as on Muslim interaction with other major world religions and other cultures (e.g. "Christianity and Islam," "American Culture and Islam").

Edited by John L. Esposito.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Over 2,000 brief articles including biographical entries and definitions of terms. The dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners.

By Ludwig W. Adamec.
3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
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This work provides hundreds of entries about political and religious leaders, medieval thinkers, and other well-known figures in Islamic history. Additionally it offers information on the major sects of Islam, schools of theology, jurisprudence, and aspects of Islamic culture.

3rd edition. Edited by Cyril Glassé.
London: Stacey International, 2008.
Brief articles including biographical entries and definitions of terms. The Kelly Library owns the first edition (1st Floor Reference - BP 40 .G52 1989).

Edited by Cyril Glassée.
Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001.
A single volume work that encompasses the beliefs, practices, history and culture of the Islamic world, in over 1300 entries.

Edited by Azim A. Nanji.
Detriot: Gale Research, 1996.
Thirty-nine essays on a broad range of topics, including: history, regional developments, beliefs and practices, branches of Islam, spiritual life, women, education, literature, art, and fundamentalism.