Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-238) and index.
Contents
The rise of Islam and life of the Prophet Muhammad -- The issue of succession to the prophet -- The age of the rightly-guilded caliphs -- The end of rightly-guided leadership -- The age of the companions -- The age of the successors -- The successors to the successors I: administration, leadership, and Jihad -- the successors to the successors II: humanism, law, and mystical spirituality -- Constructing the Pious forbears I: historical memory and the present -- Constructing the Pious forbears II: historical memory and the present -- Assessment of Islamist and modernist views.