James Windrow Sweetman was Vice-Principal of the Henry Martyn School of Islamics at Aligarh, and later Professor of Islamics at Selly Oak College, Birmingham.

• Part I, Volume 1ForewordSection One: Interrelations of Christianity and IslamA. Relevant Historical ConsiderationsB. The Evidence of the Qur’anC. Christianity and Muslim TraditionD. The Christian Theological Background to Early IslamSection Two: The Introduction of Philosophy into IslamA. The Translators and Their WorkB. The Shorter Theology of Ibn MiskawaithIndex of SubjectsIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Authors and BooksIndex of Scriptural PassagesPassages from the Qur’anArabic and Persian Words and PhrasesLatin Words and PhrasesHebrew Words and PhrasesGreek Words and PhrasesArabic Names for GodPart I, Volume 2The Theological Position at the Close of the Period of Christian Ascendency in the Near EastIntroductionA. The Being and Attributes of GodB. The Grace of GodC. MeditationD. Logos Doctrine, Prophecy and ScriptureE. The Ordering of the UniverseF. The World and ManG. Sin, Salvation and JudgementConclusionAppendices:1. Terms Used in Christological and Trinitarian Statements2. Abrogation in the Qur’an3. Analysis of the Vocabulary of the Qur’an on the Divine Will and PurposeIndex of SubjectsIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Authors and BooksIndex of Scriptural PassagesIndex of Quranic ReferencesIndex of Latin Words and PhrasesIndex of Greek Words and PhrasesIndex of Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac WordsIndex of Arabic and Persian Words and PhrasesFull List of Contents (Part I, Volumes 1 and 2)Part II, Volume 1Foreword to Part IIIntroductionI. The Eastern Church and IslamII. The Survival of Learning in the WestIII. The Latin West and IslamIV. The Quest for a New UnderstandingV. Polemical ClimaxConclusionIndex of SubjectsIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Authors and BooksIndex of Scriptural PassagesIndex of Quranic ReferencesIndex of Latin Words and PhrasesIndex of Arabic Words and PhrasesPart II, Volume 2ForewordIntroductionA. An Outline of the Growth of Kalam in IslamB. The Emergence of Ash’arite Orthodoxy and its Maturity in Al GhazzaliC. The Philosophical Criticism of Kalam – Ibn RushdD. An Introduction to the Comparable Basic Ideas in Islam and Christian ScholasticismConclusionsIndexesSubjectsProper NamesAuthors and BooksQuranic ReferencesArabic Words and PhrasesLatin Words and PhrasesGreek Words and Phrases