Book Summary
This landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950. Based on a critique of original Arabic sources, it demonstrates how various religious and political movement within Islam contributed to what has become its standard form. The book features discussions of the contribution of sects later regarded as heretical the key interaction of politics and religion throughout Islamic history the influence of Greek philosophy, including the debates between the Falasifa, Mu'tazilites and Hanbalites the maturing of Sunni theology Combining in-depth scholarship with a reader friendly style that assumes no extended knowledge of the subject, The Formative Period of Islamic Thought is a significant contribution towards a clearer understanding of the main currents of ideas in this important period. About Author: William Montgomery Watt is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of over thirty books and has done much to create a more positive attitude towards Islam in the West.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Formative Period Of Islamic Thought |
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| Publisher | Oneworld Special Priced Titles (Mar 1998) |
| ISBN | 9781851681525 |
| Pages | 424 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 336 |
