220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
219 Pages
by
Routledge
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Events are making clear to ever-widening circles of readers the need for something more than a superficial knowledge of non-European cultures. In particular, the blossoming into independence of numerous African states, many of which are largely Muslim or have a Muslim head of state, has made clear the growing political importance of the Islamic world, and, as a result, the desirability of... Read more
One: The Umayyad Period; 1: The Beginnings of Sectarianism; 2: The Kh?rijites; 3: The Shi‘ites; 4: The Murji’ites And Other Moderates; Two: The First Wave of Hellenism 750-950; 5: The Translators and the First Philosophers; 6: The Expansion of Sh?‘ism; 7: The Mu‘tazilites; 8: The Consolidation of Sunnism; 9: Al-Ash‘ari; Three: The Second Wave of Hellenism 950-1258; 10: The Flowering of Philosophy; 11: The Vicissitudes of Sh?‘ism; 12: The Progress of Sunnite Theology; 13: Al-Ghaz?Li; 14: Sunnite Theology From 1100 to 1250; 15: Theology and Philosophy in the Islamic West; Four: The Period of Darkness 1250-1900; 16: The Sclerosis of Philosophical Theology; 17: The Vitality of the ?anbalites; 18: The Transformation Of Sh?‘ism; Five: The New Dawn; 19: The Prospect for Theology
Biography
W. Montgomery Watt
