This collection of Dr. Cesar Adib Majul's articles on Islam, interlaced with summaries and perspectives from three faculty members of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), augurs well for the UP Center for Integrative Development Studies (CIDS) in publishing the work of one of the most prominent scholars in the University of the Philippines. The five articles of Dean Majul in this UP CIDS publication deal mainly with Islamic theology and spirituality. Indeed, appraisal of this sort provides some perspectives about Dean Majul's works and ideas.