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.
