The formation of Islam : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Themes in Islamic history ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511065809 9780511065804 9780511307720 0511307721 9780521582148 0521582148 0521588138 9780521588133 0511116659 9780511116650 0511059493 9780511059490 1280159944 9781280159947 1139146742 9781139146746 0511067933 9780511067938 |
