Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 1. 'There is no God but Allah ...'; 2. Tradition in the making; Part II. Islamic Teaching and Practice: 3. Divine will and the law; 4. Theology: faith, justice and last things; 5. The way of the Sufi; 6. The way of the Imams; Part III. Islam in the Modern World: 7. The heartlands and beyond; 8. Issues in contemporary Islam; Excursus on Islamic origins; Index.

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'… will deservedly be the standard introduction to Islam for some time.' Oliver Leaman, Expository Times

'… an excellent introductory text on Islam … wonderful passages of classic writings.' Religion