Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-417) and indexes.

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This work presents some 20 essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made in Islam and the contexts in which they are made.

Preface; Content; Introduction and a Form of Acknowledgments; Section 1 The Beginnings; Chapter 1 Changes in Belief and the Rise of Islam; Chapter 2 Faith and Reason in the Argumentation of the Qur'ân; Chapter 3 Islamic Attitudes to Signs 1; Chapter 4 Islam Studied in the Perspective of Science of Religion 1; Section 3 Structures and Interpretations of Islam; Chapter 5 Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam 1; Chapter 6 Are there Hermeneutic Principles in Islam?; Section 4 Muslim Presentations of Islam and of Human Rights; Chapter 7 Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam 1

Chapter 8 Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Islam Section 5 Social Reality and Islam; Chapter 9 Islamic Religious Tradition and Social Development 1; Chapter 10 Islam's Function as a Civil Religion 1; Section 6 The Case of Arabia; Chapter 11 The Wahhâbîs in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Arabia; Chapter 12 Saudi Arabia: The King and the Consul; Section 7 Islamic Reform and Intellectual Reflection; Chapter 13 Tsarist Russia and the Dutch East Indies 1; Chapter 14 Puritan Patterns in Islamic Revival Movements 1; Section 8 Islamic Ideology; Chapter 15 The Call (Da3wa) of Islamic Movements 1

Chapter 16 Ideologization in Present-Day Islam: An Exploration Section 9 The International Scene and Islam; Chapter 17 The Rise of Islamic States 1; Chapter 18 Islam as a Vehicle of Protest 1; Chapter 19 Islam in Present-Day Muslim States; Further Reading; 1. Index of Arabic and Persian Terms; 2. Index of Persons; 3. Geographical Names; 4. Index of Subjects; 5. Index of Concepts