The formation of Islam : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800

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The formation of Islam : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800

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religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan P. Berkey

Title variation

Religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800

Language

eng

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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N$T

Dewey number

297/.09

Index

index present

LC call number

BP63.A35

LC item number

B47 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Themes in Islamic history

Series volume

v. 2

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