ISBN:
0202362728
,
9780202362724
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIII, 196 S.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. paperback print.
DDC:
181/.07
Keywords:
Islam Doctrines
;
History
;
Islamic philosophy
;
Islamische Philosophie
;
Islamische Theologie
Description / Table of Contents:
The Umayyad period. The beginnings of sectarianism ; The Khārijites ; The Shīʿtes ; The Murjiʾites and other moderates -- The first wave of Hellenism 750-950. The historical background ; The translators and the first philosophers ; The expansion of Shīʿism ; The Muʿtazilites ; The consolidation of Sunnism ; Al-Ashʿarī -- The second wave of Hellenism 950-1258. The historical background ;The flowering of philosophy ; The vicissitudes of Shīʿism ; The progress of Sunnite theology ; Al-Ghazālī ; Sunnite theology from 1100 to 1250 ; Theology and philosophy in the Islamic west -- The period of darkness. The historical background ; The sclerosis of philosophical theology ; The vitality of the Ḥanbalites ; The transformation of Shīʿism -- The new dawn. The prospect for theology.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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