Part I. Historical perspectives. Qur'an and hadith / M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
The early creed / Khalid Blankinship
Islamic philosophy (falsafa) / Hossein Ziai
The developed kalām tradition / Oliver Leaman and Sajjad Rizvi
The social construction of orthodoxy / Ahmed El Shamsy
Part II. Themes. God : essence and attributes / Nader El-Bizri
Creation / David Burrell
Ethics / Steffen A. J. Stelzer
Revelation / Yahya Michot
The existence of God / Ayman Shihadeh
Worship / William C. Chittick
Theological dimensions of Islamic law / Umar F. Abd-Allah
Theology and Sufism / Toby Mayer
Epistemology and divine discourse / Paul-A. Hardy
Eschatology / Marcia Hermansen