01217nam a22002537a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001500064020001800079040000600097050002300103100002900126245004400155250003000199260003800229300003200267500004500299505001400344505039400358520001300752520013400765650003000899856003400929AUA.120151130150544.0111213t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1851681523  a9781851681525  c*  aBP 166.1b.W3 2006  aWatt, William Montgomery  aThe Formative Period of Islamic Thought  aFirst South Asian Edition  aOxford, EnglandbOneworldcc.2006  axii, 424 p.;bill.;c22 cm.  aIncludes abbreviations, notes and index.  aContents:  aPart 1 The beginnings: the Kharaijites; Proto-Shi'ite phenomena under the Umayyads; the general religious movement; God's determination of events; faith and community. Part 2 The century of struggle (750-850): the establishment of the 'Abbasids; the attraction of reasoning; the great Mu'tazilites. Part 3 The triumph of Sunnism; the political background; the maturing of Sunnite theology.  aSummary:  aThis landmark book describes the course of religious thinking within Islam from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, to 950.  aIslamvDoctrinesxHistory  uwww.oneworld-publications.com