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| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Transliteration and Other Technical Considerations | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Contemporary World and the Phenomenon of Modernity | p. 9 |
| Describing the Contemporary World | p. 11 |
| Muslims and Modernity | p. 25 |
| Islam's Encounter with the Contemporary World | p. 27 |
| Muhammad: His Life and His Authority | ... MORE |
| Muhammad and His Biographers | p. 47 |
| The Authority of the Past | p. 65 |
| The Qur'an: Interpretation and Its Limits | p. 83 |
| Trends in Interpretation | p. 85 |
| Types of Critical Approaches | p. 98 |
| Ramifications of Modernity in Muslim Daily Life | p. 113 |
| Feminism's 'new Islam' | p. 115 |
| The Practice of Islam | p. 127 |
| Glossary | p. 146 |
| Notes | p. 151 |
| Further Reading | p. 166 |
| Index | p. 169 |
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