| Part One Religion and Common Life in the Pre-Islamic Near East |
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Early Civilizations: Egypt and Mesopotamia |
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3 | (13) |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (1) |
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Religion and Life in the Ancient Near East |
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12 | (4) |
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The Jews: Covenant and Community with a God of History |
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16 | (14) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (1) |
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Later Religious Development |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (3) |
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Christianity: Salvation As a Universal Mission |
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30 | (13) |
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Common Themes in Ancient Near Eastern Religions |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (5) |
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Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs, Values, Way of Life |
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43 | (16) |
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43 | (2) |
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Social Structure and Economy |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (7) |
| Part Two The Coming of Islam: The Prophet, His People, and God's Religion |
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Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community |
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59 | (24) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (3) |
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The Qur'an's Divine Message |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (6) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (3) |
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The Arab Conquests and Islamic Rule: The Struggle for a Unified Umma |
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83 | (24) |
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83 | (1) |
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The Muslims' Foreign Conquests |
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84 | (2) |
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Early Muslim Governments and the Spread of the Umma |
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86 | (6) |
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Two Approaches to Politics and Rule |
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92 | (1) |
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The Spread of the Islamic Empire |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (4) |
| Part Three The Islamic Religious System |
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The Basic Beliefs and Worship Practices of Islam |
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107 | (31) |
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The Five Doctrines of Islamic Faith |
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107 | (6) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (20) |
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The Nature and Function of the Qur'an |
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138 | (20) |
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Language, Format, and Chronology |
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138 | (4) |
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Recitation and Ritual Observances |
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142 | (6) |
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Contents and Nature of the Qur'an |
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148 | (2) |
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Interpretation of the Qur'an |
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150 | (5) |
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The ``Inimitability'' of the Qur'an |
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155 | (3) |
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The Prophet's Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith |
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158 | (14) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (4) |
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Major Collections of Hadith |
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164 | (3) |
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The Prophet's and His Companions' Sunnas |
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167 | (1) |
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Muhammad As an Ideal Human |
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168 | (4) |
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Muslim Creeds and Theologies: Their Purposes and Varieties |
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172 | (23) |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (1) |
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The Mu'tazilite Rationalists |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (6) |
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187 | (4) |
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Orthodox Kalam and the Challenge of Philosophy |
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191 | (4) |
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Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations |
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195 | (24) |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (2) |
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Islamic Political Institutions: Forms, Functions, and Theories |
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206 | (13) |
| Part Four The Sufi Way of Mysticism and Fellowship |
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Islamic Mysticism and the Disciplines of Esoteric Piety |
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219 | (26) |
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219 | (6) |
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Asceticism in Early Islamic Contexts |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (3) |
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Sufism As an Esoteric Discipline: The Tariqa or Way |
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231 | (1) |
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Al-Junayd and Sober Sufism |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (1) |
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Intoxicated Sufism: Al-Hallaj |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (2) |
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Al-Ghazali and the Reconciliation of Shari'a and Tariqa |
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240 | (5) |
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Masters and Disciples: The Forms and Functions of Sufi Orders |
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245 | (24) |
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245 | (1) |
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Shaykhs and Faqirs: The Master--Disciple Relationship |
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245 | (2) |
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The Qadiri Order: Islam's Major International Sufi Brotherhood |
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247 | (2) |
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Other Classic Sufi Orders |
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249 | (4) |
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Jalal al-Din al-Rumi and the Mawlawis |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (3) |
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The Silsila or Spiritual Lineage |
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258 | (1) |
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Dhikr and Sama': Remembrance and the Spiritual Concert |
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259 | (3) |
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Sufi Theosophy: The Thought of Ibn `Arabi |
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262 | (7) |
| Part Five Patterns of Islamic Personal and Communal Life |
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The Islamic Life Cycle and the Family |
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269 | (25) |
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Islamic Domestic Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs |
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269 | (1) |
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Rites of Infancy and Childhood |
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269 | (4) |
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273 | (5) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (2) |
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Clothing, Ornamentation, and Toilet |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (3) |
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290 | (4) |
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Ideals and Realities of Islamic Community Life |
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294 | (27) |
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The Closeness of the Community |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (4) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (3) |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (7) |
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Distinctive Shi'i Ritual Practices |
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313 | (8) |
| Part Six Islam in the Modern World |
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Major Movements and Trends in Renewal and Reform |
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321 | (24) |
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The Three Phases of Islamic History |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (3) |
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327 | (2) |
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329 | (5) |
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334 | (11) |
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Three Forms of Islamic Revival: ``Fundamentalism,'' Feminism, and Establishing the Umma in North America |
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345 | (22) |
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345 | (6) |
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Islam and the Status of Women |
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351 | (4) |
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Islam and Muslims in North America |
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355 | (12) |
| Suggestions for Further Reading |
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367 | (20) |
| Glossary |
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387 | (10) |
| Index |
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