J. Spencer Trimingham

John Spencer Trimingham (* 17. November 1904; † 6. März 1987) w​ar ein britischer Gelehrter u​nd christlicher Missionar, d​er über d​en Islam u​nd das Christentum arbeitete. Er w​ar Professor a​n der Near East School o​f Theology i​n Beirut. Seine Themenschwerpunkte bilden d​er Islam i​n Afrika u​nd der Sufismus. Als Klassiker g​ilt sein Werk über d​ie Sufiorden (The Sufi Orders i​n Islam, 1971).

Publikationen (Auswahl)
  • Sudan colloquial Arabic. 2nd. rev. ed., London, 1946
  • The Christian approach to Islam in the Sudan. London, Oxford University Press, 1948
  • Islam in the Sudan. London, Oxford University Press, 1949 Digitalisat
  • Islam in Ethiopia. London, Oxford University Press, 1952
  • Islam in West Africa. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959
  • A History of Islam in West Africa. London, Oxford University Press, 1964
  • Islam in East Africa. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964. (Repr. New York, 1980: ISBN 0836992709)
  • The Influence of Islam upon Africa. London, Longmans, 1968
  • The Sufi Orders in Islam. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. ISBN 0198265247 (Repr. 1998: ISBN 0-19-512058-2) Digitalisat
  • Two worlds are ours. A study of time and eternity in relation to the Christian Gospel freed from the tyranny of the Old Testament reference. Beirut, Librairie du Liban, 1971
  • Christianity among the Arabs in pre-Islamic times. London, Longman, 1979. ISBN 0582780810
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