Descript |
xv, 286 p. : maps. ; 24 cm. |
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 --Chararcteristics of the medieval Islamic world --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. |
ISBN |
9780521588133 (pbk.) |
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0521582148 |
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9780521582148 |
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0521588138 (pbk.) |
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