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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-09077-3 , 1-280-15994-4 , 0-511-81786-X , 0-511-11665-9 , 1-139-14674-2 , 0-511-06580-9 , 0-511-05949-3 , 0-511-30772-1 , 0-511-06793-3

Series Statement: Themes in Islamic History ; 2

Content: Jonathan Berkey's 2003 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.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2016). , Introduction -- , Religions of late antiquity -- , Arabia before Islam -- , Early seventh century -- , 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 -- , Issues of Islamic identity -- , Religion and politics -- , Shi'ism -- , Formation of Sunni traditionalism -- , Asceticism and mysticism -- , Non-Muslim communities -- , Medieval Islamic Near East -- , Characteristics of the medieval Islamic world -- , Sunni 'revival'? -- , Common patterns in social and political organization -- , Modes of justice -- , Transmission of religious knowledge -- , Sufism -- , Popular religion -- , From medieval to modern Islam. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-58813-8

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-58214-8

Language: English

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