Muslim Journeys Bookshelf: About the Collection

Elmhurst College was one of 953 libraries across the country selected to receive an NEH Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys Bookshelf. This award granted the library a collection of 25 books and several films highlighting different aspects of the Muslim experience.

For ideas on using the resources listed below, take a look at the Muslim Journeys website developed by the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, with support from NEH.

The materials were selected in six categories. See the link for each category for essays and additional resources for the topic.

• Oxford Islamic Studies Online 
  • The current core content titles include the following:
    • The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture (2009)
    • The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2009)
    • The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
    • The Islamic World: Past and Present
    • The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
    • The Oxford History of Islam
    • What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam
    • Teaching Islam
    • Makers of Contemporary Islam
    • Two Oxford World's Classics versions of the Qur'an: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem's The Qur'an, a prose translation, and The Koran Interpreted, a renowned verse translation by A.J. Arberry
    • Hanna Kassis' Concordance of the Qur'an