Front matter -- Preface -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction / Nanji, Azim -- The Study of Islam in German Scholarship / Waardenburg, Jacques -- The Study of Islam in French Scholarship / Arkoun, Mohammed -- The Study of Islam in British Scholarship / Bosworth, C. Ε. -- The Study of Islam in Dutch Scholarship / Waardenburg, Jacques -- The Study of Islam in Russia and the Former Soviet Union: An Overview / Mikoulski, Dimitri -- The Cultural and Intellectual Background of German Orientalism / Roche-Mahdi, Sarah -- The Image of Islam in the Medieval and the Early Modern Period / Daniel, Norman -- The Study of Islam, Orientalism and America / Mahdi, Muhsin -- Islamic Studies and the History of Religions: An Evaluation / Waardenburg, Jacques -- Rethinking Islam Today / Arkoun, Mohammed -- Selected Bibliography |