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The formation of Islam : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 Jonathan P. Berkey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Themes in Islamic historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xv, 286 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521582148
  • 9780521582148
  • 0521588138 (pbk.)
  • 9780521588133 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297/.09 21
LOC classification:
  • BP63.A35 B47 2003
Contents:
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 297.09 B512F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 045602

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-275) and index.

Pt I. The Near East before Islam: -- Introduction --Religions of late antiquity -- Arabia before Islam --Early seventh century -- Pt. II. The Emergence of Islam, 600-750: -- Approaches and problems -- Origins of the Muslim community -- Early Islam in the Near East -- Umayyad period -- Beginnings of sectarianism --Non-Muslims of early Islam -- 'Abbasid revolution --Pt. III. The Consolidation of Islam, 750-1000: --Issues of Islamic identity -- Religion and politics -- Shi'ism -- Formation of Sunni traditionalism -- Asceticism and mysticism -- Non-Muslim communities -- Pt. IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: -- Medieval Islamic Near East -- Sunni 'revival'? -- Common patterns in social and political organization -- Modes of justice -- Thetransmission of religious knowledge -- Sufism --Popular religion -- Epilogue: -- From medieval to modern Islam.

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