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3 1 2Islam i n World Cult u r e sfism, or Islamic mysticism, including discussions of Sufi doctrine and poetryand of the history of organized Sufi orders (tariqa).Makdisi, George. 1981. The Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam andthe We s t . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.This classic study of the history of the medieval Muslim madrasas examinesboth its intellectual and its institutional aspects. The book also presents an argumentlinking these developments to the cultural history of the West.Nagel, Tilman. 2000. The History of Islamic Theology. Translated by ThomasThornton. Princeton: Markus Wiener.This translation from a German text provides an introduction andoverview of the history of kalam, or Islamic theology.Qureshi, Emran, and Michael A. Sells, eds. 2003. The New Crusades: Constru c t-ing the Muslim Enemy. New York: Columbia University Press.This volume contains a remarkable selection of essays critically examiningthe Clash of Civilizations theory and its impact in contemporary societies.Radtke, Bernd, and F. de Jonge, eds. 1999. Islamic Mysticism Contested: Thirt e e nCenturies of Controversies and Polemics. Leiden: Brill.This massive collection of studies contains essays by specialists from aroundthe world on the history of Sufism in Muslim societies ranging from medievalTurkmenistan to the modern Balkans.Voll, John O. 1994. Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern Wo r l d . 2nd ed.Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.This volume is the best monograph history of the development of variousmovements for Islamic revival and reform from the eighteenth through thetwentieth centuries.Internet ResourcesThere is an immense amount of material on the Web on Islam and Muslim societies.The trick is not finding information but, rather, selecting the materialsthat will be helpful. One should also always be sensitive to the various perspectivesand biases behind different sites, in order to be able to put in context theinformation one finds.There are several sites that provide access to primary texts, and there are anumber of good gateways providing annotated links to a wide variety of resources.At http://www. u s c . e d u / d e p t / M S A / r e f e r e n c e / s e a r c h q u r a n . h t m l ,