Mahmoud Ayoub is Professor of Islamic Studies for the Department of Religion at Temple University and Research Fellow at the Middle East Center of the University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured at universities around the world, is Editorial Consultant of The Muslim World Journal, and the author of several books and numerous articles.
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
