Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Messenger 2. The Message 3. Belief 4. Practice 5. Spirituality 6. Revival, Reform and the Challenges of Modernity. Appendix A: The Succession Crisis and the Birth of Shi'ism. Appendix B: The Verses of the Koran. Appendix C: Muslim Theology. Appendix D: The Notion of Islamic Law

About the Author

Colin Turner is a lecturer at the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham.