Books written by Daniel W. Brown

  • A New Introduction to Islam
    A New Introduction to Islam

    In the 1950s Wilfred Cantwell Smith toured the Islamic world and met with Muslim intellectuals. Everywhere he found signs of creativity, of ferment and of change. Smith's Islam in Modern History is a fascinating mid-twentiethcentury ...

  • A New Introduction to Islam
    A New Introduction to Islam

    For students, this new edition features study questions and "resources for further study" for each chapter. The primary text has been supplemented with more illustrative material, charts, and excerpts from primary sources.

  • The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to The Hadith
    The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to The Hadith

    The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to the Hadith is a succinct yet comprehensive overview of both Islamic and Western traditions of hadith study, offering up-to-date scholarship and providing readers with an essential guide to this ...

  • Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought
    Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought

    In this fascinating study, Daniel Brown traces the emergence of modern debates over sunna, focusing in particular on Egypt and Pakistan where these controversies have raged most fiercely, and assesses the implications of new approaches to ...

  • A New Introduction to Islam
    A New Introduction to Islam

    This second edition builds on the success of the first and offers additional material on Islam in America, on gender and women, and on recent trends in Islamic thought, making it more comprehensive and up to date.

  • A New Introduction to Islam
    A New Introduction to Islam

    For students, this new edition features study questions and "resources for further study" for each chapter. The primary text has been supplemented with more illustrative material, charts, and excerpts from primary sources.