TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berkey,Jonathan Porter
TI  - The formation of Islam: religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 
T2  - Themes in Islamic history
SN  - 0521582148
AV  - BP63.A35 B47 2003
U1  - ARCH YNDC 297.09 B512F 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Islam
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - Religion
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-275) and index; Part I. The Near East before Islam: -- Introduction -- Religions of late antiquity -- Arabia before Islam -- Early seventh century -- Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: -- Medieval Islamic Near East -- Sunni 'revival'? -- Common patterns in social and political organization -- Modes of justice -- Transmission of religious knowledge -- Sufism -- Popular religion -- Epilogue: -- From medieval to modern Islam
ER  -