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The formation of Islam religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800
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The formation of Islam [electronic resource] : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 / Jonathan P. Berkey.
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Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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1 online resource (xv, 286 p.) : maps ; 24 cm.
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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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English
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August 28, 2020
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-275) and index.
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.
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