Books

• Paul L. Heck. Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009.
• Paul L. Heck. The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization. Leiden: Brill, 2002.

Articles in journals

• Paul L. Heck. "The Apostle Paul and the Apostle Muhammad: The Challenge of the Convert." Islamochristiana 37 (2012).
• Paul L. Heck. "Sufism – What Is It Exactly?." Religion Compass 1 (2007): 148-164.
• Paul L. Heck. "Noble Character in Islam." Archiv für Religionswissenschaft 9 (2007): 37-50.
• Paul L. Heck. "The Crisis of Knowledge in Islam (I): The Case of al-‘Amiri." Philosophy East and West 56.1 (2006): 106-135.
• Paul L. Heck. "Mysticism and Morality: The Case of Sufism." Journal of Religious Ethics 34 (2006): 253-286.
• Paul L. Heck. "Religion and the Authoritarian State: The Case of Syria." Democracy and Society 3 (2005): 4-9.
• Paul L. Heck. "Eschatological Scripturalism and the End of Community. The Case of Early Kharijism." Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 7 (2005): 137-152.
• Paul L. Heck. "Jihad Revisited." Journal of Religious Ethics 32 (2004): 95-128.

Articles in books

• Paul L. Heck. "Abu Yusuf; Advice; Bureaucracy; Knowledge; Mullah ‘Umar; Usama Bin Ladin." The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Ed. Gerhard Böwering. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.
• Paul L. Heck. "The Mystery of Friendship: The View from Islam." Friendship Initiative. Ed. Amir Mahallati. : Oberlin College and Conservatory, 2011.
• Paul L. Heck. "Language Theory and State Officials in the Reign of al-Muqtadir." ’Abbasid Studies II = Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 177. Ed. John Nawas. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2010: 271-282
• Paul L. Heck. "The Transmission of Knowledge." The Islamic World. Ed. Andrew Rippin. London: Routledge, 2008: 312-324
• Paul L. Heck. "Doubts about the Religious Community (Milla) in al-Farabi and the Brethren of Purity." In the Age of al-Farabi: Arabic Philosophy in the 4th/10th Century . Ed. Peter Adamson. London: Routledege, 2008.
• Paul L. Heck. "The Politics of Sufism: Is There One?." Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community. Ed. Catherina Raudvere and Leif Stenberg. London: I.B. Tauris, 2008.
• Paul L. Heck. "Muhammad al-Habach et le dialogue interreligieux." La Syrie au présent . Ed. B. Dupret et al.. Paris: Actes Sud Sindbad, 2007: 413-420
• Paul L. Heck. "Politics and the Qur’an." Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an. Ed. Jane D. McAullife. Leiden: Brill, 2005: 125-151
• Paul L. Heck. "The Role of Law in ‘Abbasid Political Thought. From Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ (d. 139/756) to Qud?ma b. Ja‘far (d. 337/948),” ." ’Abbasid Studies = Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 135. Ed. J.E. Montgomery. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2004: 83-110

Edited books

• Paul L. Heck, ed. Sufism and Politics: The Power of Spirituality. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2006.

Other

• Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. 15, pp. 68-71.