01207nam a22002417a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023010001300064020001800077040000800095050002300103100002900126245007200155260003900227300003200266500004500298505001400343505039400357520001300751520013400764650003300898856003400931AUA.120151130132218.0111213t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a39006355  a9781851681525  cJTL  aBP 166.1b.W3 2002  aWatt, William Montgomery  aThe Formative Period of Islamic Thought /cWilliam Montgomery Watt.  aOxford, EnglandbOneworld,cc.2002  axii, 424 p.;bill.;c22 cm.  aIncludes abbreviations, notes and index.  aContents:  aPart 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.  aSummary:  aThis landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950.  aIslam vDoctrines xHistory.  uwww.oneworld-publications.com