Based on an international symposium on Islam and the history of religions hosted by the Dept. of Religious Studies at Arizona State University, Tempe, in Jan. 1980

Originally published: Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1985

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-234) and index

|tIslam and religious studies : an introductory essay / |rRichard C. Martin --|gpart 1.|tScripture and prophet : |tQur̕ān as spoken word : an Islamic contribution to the understanding of scripture /|rWilliam A. Graham --|tPopular Muhammad : models in the interpretation of an Islamic paradigm /|rEarle H. Waugh --|gpart 2.|tRitual and community :|tIslamic ritual : perspectives and theories / |rFrederick M. Denny --|tPilgrimage and the history of religions : theoretical approaches to the Hajj /|rWilliam R. Roff --|gpart 3.|tReligion and society :|tPrimitive mind/modern mind : new approaches to an old problem applied to Islam /|rMarilyn R. Waldman --|tApproaches to the study of conversion to Islam in India /|rRichard M. Eaton --|gpart 4.|tScholarship and interpretation : |tHermeneutics of Henry Corbin /|rCharles J. Adams -- |tLiterary analysis of Qur̕ān, Tafsīr, and Sīra : the methodologies of John Wansbrough /|rAndrew Rippin -- |tToward a hermeneutic of Qur̕ānic and other narratives of Ismaʻili thought /|rAzim Nanji --|gpart 5.|tChallenge and criticism :|tOutsiders' interpretations of Islam : a Muslim's point of view /|rMuhammad Abdul-Rauf -- |tApproaches to Islam in religious studies : review essay /|rFazlur Rahman --|gpart 6.|tReference material