The Formative Period of Islamic Thought /
Watt, William Montgomery
The Formative Period of Islamic Thought / William Montgomery Watt. - Oxford, England Oneworld, c.2002 - xii, 424 p.; ill.; 22 cm.
Includes abbreviations, notes and index.
Contents: Part 1 The beginnings: the Kharaijites; Proto-Shi'ite phenomena under the Umayyads; the general religious movement; God's determination of events; faith and community. Part 2 The century of struggle (750-850): the establishment of the 'Abbasids; the attraction of reasoning; the great Mu'tazilites. Part 3 The triumph of Sunnism; the political background; the maturing of Sunnite theology.
Summary: This landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950.
9781851681525
39006355
Islam --History.--Doctrines
BP 166.1 / .W3 2002
The Formative Period of Islamic Thought / William Montgomery Watt. - Oxford, England Oneworld, c.2002 - xii, 424 p.; ill.; 22 cm.
Includes abbreviations, notes and index.
Contents: Part 1 The beginnings: the Kharaijites; Proto-Shi'ite phenomena under the Umayyads; the general religious movement; God's determination of events; faith and community. Part 2 The century of struggle (750-850): the establishment of the 'Abbasids; the attraction of reasoning; the great Mu'tazilites. Part 3 The triumph of Sunnism; the political background; the maturing of Sunnite theology.
Summary: This landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950.
9781851681525
39006355
Islam --History.--Doctrines
BP 166.1 / .W3 2002