The Formative Period of Islamic ThoughtThis text gives a formative account of the development of Islamic thought from the death of Muhammad in 632, to 950. It demonstrates how various religions and political movements within Islam contributed to what has become standard form, including the positive contribution of sects later regarded as heretical, and the key interaction of religion and politics. Drawing on many previously unresearched Arabic sources, it presents a comprehensive, balanced and clear picture of the main lines of philosophical development in this important period. |
Contents
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The significance of the Khārijite movement | |
AlMukhtār and the Mawālī | |
e Annex A AbdAllāh ibnSaba and the Sabaiyya | |
Political attitudes in the movement | |
Chapter Four | |
The arguments of the Qadarites and their opponents | |
PART TWO The Century of Struggle 750850 | |
Chapter Seven | |
AlKindī and the Falāsifa | |
The schools of Basra and Baghdad | |
The principle of justice | |
PART THREE The Triumph of Sunnism 850945 | |
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The Silver Age of Mustazilism | |
The transformation of Qadarism | |
Chapter Five | |
The problem of moral anxiety | |
The relation of alMāturīdi to alAshari | |
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Abbāsids Abd-Allāh Abū-Bakr Abū-Hāshim Abū-l-Hudhayl accepted Ahmad ibn-Hanbal al-Ash al-Baghdādī al-Hadīth al-Hasan al-Jubbā'ī al-Khayyāt al-Kindī al-Ma'mūn al-Māturīdī Alī an-Nazzām Arab arguments assertion attributes Azraqites Bagh Baghdad Barmakids Basra believer Bishr caliph claim conception createdness creed death Dirār discussions doctrine early Elē Fihrist followers Ghaylān God's Goldziher grave sinner Hanafites Hanbalites held heresiographers Hishām Ibāna ibn-al-Hakam Ibn-Qutayba ideas imam Imāmite īmān Iraq Islamic Islamic thought isnād Ja'far Jahm Jahmite Jahmiyya Kalām Khārijites Khay Kitāb Kufa Laoust later Marf Masd Medina mentioned Mihna movement Mu'awiya Muhammad Munya Murji'a Murji'ites Muslims Mustazila Mustazilites Mutakallimūn Nawb ninth century opponents Persian position presumably probably proto-Shī punishment Qadar Qadarite Qadariyya Qur'an Rafidites religious scholars sects Sezgin Shahr Shī iste Shi'ite Sunna Sunnism Sunnite Tadhk term theology Traditionists Traditions ulema Umar Umayyad Umayyad period unbeliever Uthman Wāşil Yazīd Zaydism Zaydites