The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600 1800

Jonathan Berkey surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from approximately 600 to 1800 c.e. After examining the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, he investigates Islam's first century, the classical period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs. He then traces the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period, deftly showing how Islam emerged slowly as part of a prolonged process.

Author: Jonathan P. Berkey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/23/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780521582148

About the Author
Berkey, Jonathan P.: - Jonathan P. Berkey is Associate Professor of History at Davidson College. His publications include Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East (2001).

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