What is Christianity? How did it begin? What do Christians believe? What are their customs and history? How has Christianity developed though the centuries, and…

The nature and story of the Christian church is immensely important to theology students and scholars alike. Written by an international team of distinguished scholars,…

This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and 1987. The collection reprints texts carefully…

A new exploration of the troubled relationship between religion and democracy, focusing in on two key questions:

* how has religion engaged with the democratization processes…

This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and 1987. The collection reprints texts carefully…

Originally published in 1958.

This volume brings into focus an area of Islamic religio-philosophical thought to which relatively little attention has been paid by modern scholars…

Originally published in 1936.

This volume discusses the Islamic faith in the perspective of the ancient Arabian monotheism and its similarities with Christianity and Judaism.…

Originally published in 1957.

The "Scholastic Problem" was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of…

What is happening in Islam is of concern to more than Muslims. The Qur’an is the prime possession of Muslims: how then, are they reading…

Originally published in 1985. Through use of the earliest sources together with psychological and sociological analysis `Ali Dashti brings out the reality of Mohammad’s leadership,…