Religious Attitude, and Life in Islam: Being the Haskell Lectures on Comparative, Religion Delivered Before the University of Chicago in 1906

In these Haskell Lectures (1906), MacDonald explores the lived faith of Muslims rather than doctrinal theology. He discusses how Islam shapes daily life, moral attitudes, religious experience, community obligations, ritual practice, and individual piety. MacDonald emphasizes the interplay between external observances (prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, etc.) and inner spiritual disposition. He highlights how religious feeling is rooted in realizing God’s presence, in humility, gratitude, consciousness of sin, and hope of forgiveness. MacDonald also examines variations in expression among cultures, and how Islam adapts to different social, historical, and ethical settings while preserving essential unity.