An Introduction to Islam

An Inroduction to Islam, 4/E, 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