An introduction to Islam
"This revised and updated second edition features a new section tackling the issues arising from Islam's changing role in the volatile world order of the new millennium. Appearing at the end of a book which explores the ideas and traditions of Islam in depth, this new section offers thought-provoking reflections on the role of religion in the current conflicts."
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003
XI, 367 p. : il., map ; 24 cm
9780521539067, 0521539064
912374245
Part 1. Foundations
"There is no god but Allah ..."
Tradition in the making
Part 2. Islamic teaching and practice
Divine will and the law
Theology : faith, justice, and last things
The way of the Sufi
The way of the Imams
Part 3. Islam in the modern world
Islam in the modern world. The heartlands and beyond
Issues in contemporary Islam