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The Formative Period of Islamic Thought / William Montgomery Watt.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford, England Oneworld, c.2002Description: xii, 424 p.; ill.; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781851681525
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 166.1 .W3 2002
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Contents:
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: Summary:Summary: This landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950.
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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.