Islamic and comparative religious studies : selected writings / William A. Graham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and interpretation of Islamic religion -- Traditionalism in Islam: an essay in interpretation -- Concepts of revelation in early Islam -- The divine saying as problem -- Transcendence in Islam -- Islam in the mirror of ritual -- The Qur'an as scripture -- "The winds to herald his mercy": nature as token of God's sovereignty and grace in the Qurʼān -- The earliest meaning of "Qurʼān" -- Qurʼān as spoken word: an Islamic contribution to the understanding of scripture -- "Those who study and teach the Qurʼān" -- Scripture and the Qurʼān -- Scripture in the history of religion -- Scripture -- Scripture as spoken word -- The Indian paradigm for scriptural orality -- God's word in the desert: Pachomian scriptural practice -- Reflections on comparative study in religion: "scripture" as case in point -- William A. Graham: bibliography.