Includes bibliographical references and index.

General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- General Introduction -- PART ONE General Presentations -- Islamic History as a Concept -- The Shahadah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims' Faith -- PART TWO Specific Presentations -- The Historical Development in Islam of the Concept of Islam as an Historical Development -- Islamic Law: Its 'Sources' (Ï?Ï?ΰÎ? al-fiqh) and IjtihÃ?d -- Islamic Law: Shari'ah and Shar' -- Faith, in the Qur'an; and its Relation to Belief -- Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Tasdiq -- Faith, in Later Islamic History.

The Meaning of ArkÃ?nPART THREE Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations -- The Ulama in Indian Politics -- Aligarh and Religion: A Question -- PART FOUR Muslim-Christian Relations -- Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islam -- Muslim-Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation -- Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence -- Is the Qur'Ã?n the Word of God? -- Notes -- Provenance -- Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Selective Index