| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) |
| Series |
Themes in Islamic history ; v. 2 |
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Themes in Islamic history ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Jonathan Berkey's book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, and the religious traditions which preceded Islam. Subsequent chapters investigate Islam's first century and the beginnings of its own traditions, the 'classical' period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs, and thereafter the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period. Throughout, close attention is paid to the experiences of Jews and Christians, as well as Muslims. The book stresses that Islam did not appear all at once, but emerged slowly, as part of a prolonged process whereby it was differentiated from other religious traditions and, indeed, that much that we take as characteristic of Islam is in fact the product of the medieval period. -- Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-275) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Islam -- Middle East -- History
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RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
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Civilization
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Islam
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Religion
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Islam
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Religion
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Islam.
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Maatschappij.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Religion -- History
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Middle East -- Civilization -- History
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Middle East -- Religion
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| Subject |
Middle East
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Naher Osten
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511065809 |
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9780511065804 |
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9780511307720 |
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0511307721 |
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9780521582148 |
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0521582148 |
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0521588138 |
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9780521588133 |
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0511116659 |
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9780511116650 |
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0511059493 |
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9780511059490 |
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1280159944 |
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9781280159947 |
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1139146742 |
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9781139146746 |
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0511067933 |
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9780511067938 |
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