Religion and state: the Muslim approach to politics

PART ONE: THE HERITAGE: Setting the stage: Islam and Muslims

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in comparative perspective: an overview

Muslim "church government"

The historical bases of traditional Muslim and Christian political theory

Unity and community

The roots of political pessimism

Muslim attitudes toward the state: an impressionistic sketch

PART TWO: CONVULSIONS OF MODERN TIMES: Islam and politics in modern times: the great transformation

Meeting the Western challenge: the early establishment response

The early antiestablishment response to the Western challenge

From World War I to the 1960s: the years of muted Islamist politics

The return of Islam?

The radical Muslim discourse

Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and Qutb

Khomeini and the Shiite Islam

Conclusion

Islam and politics past and present: a bibliographical essay.