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Footprint Jordan Handbook: The Travel Guide
by Ivan Mannheim
Publication Date: June 2001
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
ISBN: 1900949695
404 pages
The Modern History of Jordan
by Kamal S. Salibi
Publication Date: August 1993
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 185043610X
Few states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. When in 1921 the Hashemite Emir Abdallah was recognized as the ruler of this backwater of the former Ottoman Empire, it was sparsely populated, extremely poor, and widely regarded as ungovernable. Today, Jordan has become one of the most prosperous and stable countries in the Middle East and a major player in the region's politics. In this political history, Kamal Salibi describes how the transformation was achieved, tracing the story of modern Jordan from its origin in the Arab revolt at the end of the First World War.
Jordan (6th Edition)
by Bradley Mayhew
Publication Date: April 2006
Publisher:
Lonely Planet Publications
ISBN: 1740597893
304 pages
53 maps
Ancient cities, desert landscapes and the most intriguing sea in the world: Lonely Planet's Jordan covers them all. But the venture beyond Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea for activities coverage you won't find in any other guidebook. Hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, camel trekking, 4WD excursions - there's more adventure here than Lawrence of Arabia had time for.
Michelin NEOS Guide Syria/ Jordan
by Michelin Travel Publications (Editor)
Publication Date: June 2000
ISBN: 2068554011
432 pages
Women & Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
by Leila Ahmed
Publication Date: August 1993
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300055838
304 pages
In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present.
Dr. Leila Ahmed of the Harvard Divinity School, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity will particpate in Plenary I -
Arab Women: Myths, Misperceptions & Realities.
Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights
by Katarina Dalacoura
Publication Date: April 2003
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
ISBN: 1860648665
248 pages
Dalacoura addresses the interaction between human rights as a value and norm in international relations and in Islam. She then presents a case study of the precepts of Islam and its role in the political process of 20th century Egypt and Tunisia.
Dr. Katerina Dalacoura of the London School of Economics (Great Britain), expert on International Relations and the Middle East will participate in the Plenary I - Arab Women: Myths, Misperceptions & Realities.
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Boston Review
ISBN13: 978-0-691-11938-0
136 pages
This work addresses the challenges of democracy in Islamic countries. El Fadl argues that a constitutional democracy is the best-suited means of governance for the set of values at the heart of Islam.
Khaled Abou El Fadl, the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law & 2005 Carnegie Scholar in Islamic studies will participate in the Plenary II - Islam, Democracy & Modernization.
The Ornament of the World : How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
by Maria Rosa Menocal
Publication Date: April 2003
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316168718
315 pages
In this engaging and learned volume, Menocal recounts the remarkable, multi-cultural history of medieval Spain, when Muslims ruled much of the country and elevated standards of art and learning. The narrative is suitable for the general reader.
Maria Rosa Menocal, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University will participate in the Break Out Session- Faith, Identity & Co-Existence.
Feminism and Theology
By Janet Martin Soskice
Publication Date: November 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press , USA
ISBN: 0198782462
400 pages
The essays in this volume give some idea of the riches of feminist writings in theology, now a global phenomenon and one which touches all the standard subdisciplines of theology including scriptural studies, philosophy of religion and ethics, and historical theology. Topics include text and interpretation, the human person, the person of Jesus, embodiment, sprituality and sexuality, ecofeminism, and motherhood. The introduction aims to map the diversity - historical, global, and doctrinal - of feminist theology and of theological writings informed by feminism.
Dr. Janet Martin Soskice, the University Reader in Philosophical Theology at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, will participate in the Break Out Session- Faith, Identity & Co-Existence.
Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies in the Twentieth Century
by David F. Ford, Ben Quash, and Janet Martin Soskice
Publication Date: April 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521847370
248 pages
This book offers several different perspectives on theology and religious studies. There are examples of the interplay of theology and religious studies with reference to a range of topics: God, love, scripture, worship, argument, reconciliation, friendship and justice. The contributors practise different disciplines within the field, often in combination, covering theology, philosophy, history, phenomenology, literary studies, hermeneutics, politics, ethics and law. Their specialisms embrace Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Indian religions, with particular focus on the field in Europe, the US and South Africa.
Dr. Janet Martin Soskice, the University Reader in Philosophical Theology at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, will participate in the Break Out Session- Faith, Identity & Co-Existence.
Makers of Contemporary Islam
by John Esposito & John Voll
Publication Date: May 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019514127X
272 pages
This book examines the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals whose work provides the core of what the Islamic resurgence became in the 1990's and is an important foundation for what it can become in the 21st century. The profiles of these internationally recognized figures provide a new understanding of the intellectual foundations of contemporary Islamic awareness and Muslim politics. These intellectual activists represent a distinctive phase in the evolution of Islamic thinking: the ongoing effort to create an effective synthesis of modernity and Islamic tradition.
John Voll , Professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaled bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and recipient of the Presidential Medal for scholarship on Islam from President Husni Mubarak of Egypt will participate in Plenary II- Islam, Democracy & Modernization.
Islam and Democracy: Religion, Identity & Conflict Resolution in the Muslim World
by John Esposito & John Voll
Publication Date: May 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
0195108167
240 pages
Across the Muslim world, governments and Islamic movements grapple with issues of democratization and civil society. Islam and Democracy explores the Islamic sources (beliefs and institutions) relevant to the current debate over greater political participation and democratization. Esposito and Voll use six case studies to prove that despite commonalities, differing national contexts and identities give rise to a multiplicity of agendas and strategies.
John Voll , Professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaled bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and recipient of the Presidential Medal for scholarship on Islam from President Husni Mubarak of Egypt will participate in Plenary II- Islam, Democracy & Modernization.