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

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Islam --History.--Doctrines

BP 166.1 / .W3 2002