Table of Contents

Presentation of award to fourteenth recipient Georges Sabagh; 1. Religion and culture in Classical Islam and the Christian West George Makdisi; 2. The future of Islam W. Montgomery Watt; 3. Arabic rhetoric and the Aart of the homily in Medieval Islam Merlin Swartz; 4. Medieval Islam: the literary-cultural dimension Irfan Shahid; 5. The Ash'arites and the science of the stars George Saliba; 6. Religion, religious culture and culture Roger Arnaldez; 7. Cult and culture: common saints and shrines in Middle Eastern popular piety Mahmoud Ayoub.

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Seven distinguished scholars explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam.

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'… a significant contribution to this important area of study …'. Journal of the American Oriental Society

'… thorough researched and convincingly argued theories make absorbing reading …'. Studia Orientalia