The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Themes in Islamic History) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Formation of Islam This 2005 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from 600-1800.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 January 2003
- Format: Paperback 302 pages
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- Categories: Islamic Studies | Middle Eastern History | Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500 | History Of Religion | Islam
- ISBN 13: 9780521588133 ISBN 10: 0521588138
- Sales rank: 214,567
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Full description for The Formation of Islam
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.
