An Inroduction to Islam
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Table of Contents
Preface
A General Introduction to Islam's Basic Teachings
Pronounciation Tips for key Arabic-Islamic Terms
PART ONE: Religion and Common Life in the Pre-Islamic Near East
Chapter 1: Early Civilizations and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity
Chapter 2: Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs
Values
Way of Life
PART TWO: The Coming of Islam: The Prophet
His People
and God's Religion
Chapter 3: Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community
Chapter 4: The Arab Conquests and Islamic Rule: The Stuggle for a Unified Umma
PART THREE: The Islamic Religious System
Chapter 5: The Basic Beliefs and Worship Practices of Islam
Chapter 6: The Nature and Function of the Qur'an
Chapter 7: The Prophet's Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith
Chapter 8: Muslim Creeds and Theologies: Their Purposes and Varieties
Chapter 9: Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations
PART FOUR: The Sufi Way of Mysticism and Fellowship
Chapter 10: Islamic Mysticism and the Disciplines of Exoteric Piety
Chapter 11: Masters and Disciples: The Forms and Functions of Sufi Orders
PART FIVE: Patterns of Islamic Personal and Communal Life
Chapter 12: The Islamic Life Cycle and the Family
Chapter 13: Ideals and Realities of Islamic Community Life
PART SIX: Islam in the Modern World
Chapter 14: Major Movements and Trends in Renewal and Reform
Chapter 15: Three Forms of Islamic Revival: "Fundamentalism
" Feminism
and Establishing the Umma in North America
Chapter 16: Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a Vision of an "Islam without Borders"
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glossary
Acknowlegements
Index
