Preface
Prologue: Islam – A Personal Faith
I.Origins and Early History
II.Prophethood, Revelation and the Qur’an
III.Faith and Worship
IV.The Formative Period of Muslim History
V.The Age of the Caliphs
VI.The Spread of Islam
VII.The Religious Sciences
VIII.Sufism: The Mystical Tradition
IX.Theology and Philosophy
X.Islam and Modernity
Epilogue: The Muslim Ummah and the Modern World
"Ayoub's work is remarkable in the sense that he speaks from the very heart of the Islamic tradition. Highly recommended." Omid Safi - Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, New York State, USA "As might be expected from this author, the overall structure and presentation of the book is good, and the general style and wide ranging nature of the contents [are] acceptable for an introductory text." Yasim Dutton "As might be expected from this author, the overall structure and presentation of the book is good, and the general style and wide ranging nature of the contents [are] acceptable for an introductory text." Yasim Dutton
Mahmoud A. Ayoub is Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. He has lectured round the world on Islamic history and related topics, and is the author of over ten books and numerous articles and papers.
"As might be expected from this author, the overall structure and
presentation of the book is good, and the general style and wide
ranging nature of the contents [are] acceptable for an introductory
text."-- "Yasim Dutton"
"Ayoub's work is remarkable in the sense that he speaks from the
very heart of the Islamic tradition. Highly recommended."-- "Omid
Safi - Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Colgate
University, New York State, USA"
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