MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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100 1 $aBerkey, Jonathan Porter.
245 14 $aThe formation of Islam :$breligion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 /$cJonathan P. Berkey.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2003.
300 $axv, 286 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aThemes in Islamic history ;$vv. 2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 270-275) and index.
505 00 $aPart I. The Near East before Islam: -- Introduction -- Religions of late antiquity -- Arabia before Islam -- Early seventh century -- Part II. The Emergence of Islam, 600-750: -- Approaches and problems -- Origins of the Muslim community -- Early Islam in the Near East -- Umayyad period -- Beginnings of sectarianism -- Non-Muslims of early Islam -- 'Abbasid revolution -- Part III. The Consolidation of Islam, 750-1000: -- Issues of Islamic identity -- Religion and politics -- Shi'ism -- Formation of Sunni traditionalism -- Asceticism and mysticism -- Non-Muslim communities -- Part IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: -- Medieval Islamic Near East -- Sunni 'revival'? -- Common patterns in social and political organization -- Modes of justice -- Transmission of religious knowledge -- Sufism -- Popular religion -- Epilogue: -- From medieval to modern Islam
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