Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Richard C. Taylor & Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat Introduction. Part I. Philosophical Issues in Islamic Revelation and Theology 1. God and Creation in al-Razi's Commentary on the Qur'an Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth 2. Reasoning in the Qur'an Rosalind Ward Gwyne 3. Ethical Issues in the Qur'an and Hadith Azim Nanji 4. Human Reason in Islamic Theology Toby Mayer 5. Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy in Islam Rumee Ahmed Part II. Logic, Language and the Structure of Science. 6. Logic and Language Therese-Anne Druart 7. Rhetoric, Poetics and the Organon Terence Kleven 8. Demonstration and Dialectic in Islamic Philosophy Allen Bäck 9. The Structure and Methods of the Sciences Anna A. Akasoy & Alexander Fidora Part III. Philosophy in the Natural Sciences. 10. The Establishment of the Principles of Natural Philosophy Jon McGinnis 11. Causality in Islamic Philosophy Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat 12. The Eternity of the World Cristina Cerami 13. Arabic Cosmology and the Physics of Cosmic Motion David Twetten 14. Body, Soul, and Sense in Nature Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat Part IV. Metaphysics. 15. Establishing the Science of Metaphysics Amos Bertolacci 16. Forms of Hylomorphism Sarah Pessin 17. Essence and Existence in Ibn Sina Rollen E. Houser 18. Primary and Secondary Causality Richard C. Taylor 19. Metaphysics of God Jules Janssens 20. Creation in Islam from the Qur'an to al-Farabi Michael Chase Part V. Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind. 21. External and Internal Human Senses Carla Di Martino 22. The Epistemology of Abstraction Richard C. Taylor 23. Human Knowledge and Separate Intellect Olga Lizzini 24. Intellect and the Intelligible in Unity Cecile Bonmariage Part VI. Ethics and Political Philosophy. 25. The Ethics and Metaphysics of Divine Command Theory Mariam Al-Attar 26. Freedom and Determinism Catarina Belo 27. Principles of the Philosophy of State Philippe Vallat 28. Natural and Revealed Religion Nadja Germann 29. Law and Society Steven Harvey 30. The Ethical Treatment of Animals Peter Adamson Part VII. Philosophy, Religion and Mysticism. 31. Philosophy and Prophecy Frank Griffel 32. Philosophical Sufism Mohammed Rustom 33. Religious Readings of Philosophy Ayman Shihadeh

Recent publications focused on Arabic/Islamic philosophy have traditionally considered this under the history of ideas and Oriental or Islamic studies. There is a need for a comprehensive collection of essays that treats Islamic philosophy as philosophy, and not merely as a conduit of intellectual history for delivering ideas from the ancient Greeks to medieval Christians. With this aim, The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy is conceived as a well-structured and wide-ranging thematic approach, accessible for a broad spectrum of readers, from students to scholars interested in Islamic thought, philosophy, theology, and religious studies.

Richard C. Taylor is Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University and is former editor of History of Philosophy Quarterly.

Luis Xavier López-Farjeat is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City and editor of Tópicos, Journal of Philosophy.