The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600 1800 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521582148)

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 Berkey
ISBN-10: 0521582148
ISBN-13: 9780521582148
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d