The Spiritual Stance of the Shi‘a Imams [2-15]
M. S. Bahmanpour

The Concept of ‘Love’ in Transcendent Philosophy: A Comparison between Mulla Sadra and Plato [16-39]
S. K. Toussi

The Relation between Religion and the State: An Islamic Point of View [40-51]
H. Ayatollahy

The Imamate: The Esoteric Dimension of Prophecy (Nubuwwah) [52-74]
K. Aghili

Discriminating between Inequalities: John Rawls and Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir Sadr on Distributive Justice [76-94]
Ruhollah Bockmier

Custodians of Sacred Ground: The Mutawallis of Safavid Iran’s Major Shi‘a Shrines in the Administrative Handbook Dastur al-Muluk [96-116 ]
M. I. Marcinkowski

Book Reviews [118-121]

The Encyclopaedic Aspect of Bihar al-Anwar (Part I) [1-17]
Rasul Jafarian

One, Living, Reasonable: The God of Christianity and Islam [19-32]
Michael Ipgrave

Bada: Change in Divine Destiny and Decree [33-42]
Afzal Sumar

Husayn Ardabili: The First Narrator of Jafari Thought in Persian [43-58]
Najib Mayil-Hiravi

The Inclusion of Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Adhan [59-73]
Mohammad Hakimelahi

The Pedagogy of Imam Ali [75-86]
Hamid Reza Alavi

The Hawzah Ilmiyyah of Qum and the Production of Religious Knowledge in the Contemporary Era [87-95]
Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour

Review: The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia by Alessandro Monsutti, Silvia Naef, and Farian Sabahi (eds.), 2007 [97-102]
Rebecca Masterton

Review: Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction by Oliver Leaman, 2004 [103-106]
Ruhollah Bockmier

Articles

A Philosophical Solution for the Environmental Crisis [1-12]
Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

Human Subjectivity: Consciousness and Action [13-43]
Mahmoud Khatami

Crescent Sighting in the Shi‘a Community: Roots and Ramifications of Controversy [45-54]
Mohammad Samiei

The Encyclopaedic Aspect of Bihar al-Anwar (Part II) [55-69]
Rasul Jafarian

Orientalist Assertions regarding the Inimitability of the Qur’an: A Critical Analysis [71-94]
Aaliya Gokal

Swinburne’s View of the Islamic Revelation [95-106]
Amir Dastmalchian

Book Reviews

Early Islam between Myth and History: Al-Hasan al-Basrī (d. 110 H/728 CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship by Suleiman Ali Mourad, 2006 [107-113]
Rebecca Masterton

The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr, 2007 [114-117]
Amina Inloes

Articles

Hermeneutics and the Unique Quest of Being: Henry Corbin’s Intellectual Journey [3-26]
Amélie Neuve-Eglise

An Essay on the Place of Tolerance in Islam [27-51]
Syed Latif Hussain Kazmi

A Branched Model for Substantial Motion [53-67]
Muhammad Legenhausen

A Study of the Verse of Mubahalah [69-83]
Muhammad Javad Reza’i
Mahdi Dasht Bozorgi

Quantifying Happiness: A Study of Shi‘a University Students in Kerman, Iran [85-101]
Hamid Reza Alavi

Book Reviews

Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think? by John L. Esposito & Dalia Mogahed, 2007 [103-107]
Mohammad E. Mesbahi

A Monumental Manifestation of the Shiite Faith in Late Twelfth-Century Iran: The Case of the Gunbad-i ‘Alawiyan, Hamadan by Raya Shani, 1996 [108-113]
Cleo Cantone

Articles

On the Transcendental Element of Life: A Recapitulation of Human Spirituality in Islamic Philosophical Psychology [121-140]
Mahmoud Khatami

The Concept of Spiritual Perfection according to Ibn Sina and Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi [141-158]
Mukhtar H. Ali

The Qur’anic Principle of Peace [159-180]
Hamid Hadji Haidar

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy [181-193]
Amina Inloes

The Cross-Sectarian Call for Islam: A Sample of Shi‘a Reformist Thought [195-219]
Elisheva Machlis

Book Reviews

Shi‘a Sects (Kitab Firaq al-Shi‘a) by al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti, trans. Abbas Kadhim, 2007 [221-226]
Ali Haider Abidi

Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World by Mark Sedgwick, 2006.[227-229]
Matthew Pierce

The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges, ed. Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, 2006. [230-235]
Husam Al-Mallak

Articles

Communion, Synergy, Presence: Some Anglican Perspectives on Salvation [239-253]
Michael Ipgrave         
 
Between Traditional Law and the Exigencies of Modern Life: Shi‘a Responses to Contemporary Challenges in Islamic Law [255-271]
Mohammad Samiei

The Theory of Islamic Governance in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Political Thought [273-284]
Mansour Mirahmadi

Multi-Subjectivism and Quasi-Objectivism in Tabari’s Qur’anic Hermeneutics [285-305]
Abdul Rahim Afaki

Conceptual Approaches in Contemporary Iranian Religious Reformism [307-326]
Bijan Abdolkarimi

Book Reviews

Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt by Jonathan M. Bloom, 2007. [327-332]
Delia Cortese

Mahdis and Millenarians: Shi’ite Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq by William F. Tucker, 2008. [333-335]
Christine D. Baker

Breaking the Idols of Ignorance: Admonition of the Soi-Disant Sufi by Sadr al-Din Shirazi, trans. M. Dasht Bozorgi & F. Asadi Amjad, ed. S. K. Toussi, 2008. [336-341]
Ali Haider Abidi

British Muslim Converts: Choosing Alternative Lives by Kate Zebiri [342-346]
Liyakat Takim

Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence ed. Aziz Al-Azmeh & Effie Fokas, 2007. [347-349]
David Kuhrt

Book Symposium

Islamic Philosophy: A Living and Dynamic Tradition [359-368]
Ghulam Ali Haddad Adel

Mulla Sadra on ‘Substantial Motion’: A Clarification and a Comparison with Thomas Aquinas  [369-386]
David B. Burrell

Death and the Post-Mortem States of the Soul: A Comparison of Mulla Sadra with Swedenborg [387-400]
Latimah-Parvin Peerwani

A Critical Comparison of Cosmic Hierarchies in the Development of Christian and Islamic Mystical Theology [401-422]
Rebecca Masterton

Rethinking Being: From Suhravardi to Mulla Sadra [423-436]
Muhammad Kamal

The Central Importance of Spiritual Psychology in Mulla Sadra’s Philosophy [437-456]
Sayyed Khalil Toussi

 Book Reviews

Spiritual Psychology: The Fourth Intellectual Journey in Transcendent Philosophy – Volumes VIII & IX of The Asfar by Mulla Sadra Shirazi, trans. Latimah-Parvin Peerwani [457-460]
David B. Burrell

The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, From Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant by Michael Axworthy [461-466]
Jasim Husain

An Introduction to Islamic Philosophy by Massimo Campanini, trans. Caroline Higgitt [467-471]
W. Craig Streetman

The Challenge of Islam: Encounters in Interfaith Dialogue by Douglas Pratt [472-473]
Michael Ipgrave

 

Articles

Ayatollah Khomeini and the Concepts of Wilayah and Walayah[5-23]
Akiro Matsumoto

The Reception of Kant and his Philosophy in Iran [25-40]
Ali Paya & Malakeh Shahi

Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modern Times [41-57]
A. Ezzati

The Role of Eloquence in the Inimitability of the Qur’an [59-71]
Zoheir Ali Esmail

The Philosophy of Cultural Differences in the Qur’an [73-90]
Sobhi Rayan

On Liberation: An Essay on the Matter of Light [91-112]
David Kuhrt

Book Reviews

Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend by David Blow [113-115]
Oliver Leaman

An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Volume I: On the Nature of the Divine ed. Feras Hamza & Sajjad Rizvi, with Farhana Mayer [116-119]
Scott C. Lucas

L’esegesi musulmana del Corano nel secolo Ventesimo by Massimo Campanini [120-124]
Frank J. Gelli

Chosen Amongst Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi‘ite Islam by Mary F. Thurlkill [125-129]
C. T. R. Hewer

The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq by Patrick Cockburn [130-133]
Husam Al-Mallak