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Islamic philosophy and theology : an extended survey
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Islamic philosophy and theology : an extended survey

Author: W Montgomery Watt
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1985.
Series: Islamic surveys.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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"This is the standard general account in English of Islamic philosophy and theology. It takes the reader from the religio-political sects of the Kharijites and the Shiites through to the assimilation of Greek thought in the medieval period, and onto the early modern period. Watt concludes with an analysis of Western influences on modern Islamic theology." -- Publisher's description.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: W Montgomery Watt
ISBN: 0852244878 9780852244876 0748607498 9780748607495 0852245521 9780852245521
OCLC Number: 13360530
Description: vii, 175 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: The Umayyad period and its prelude. The beginnings of sectarianism ; The Khārijites ; The early Shīʻtes ; The general religious movement ; God's determination of events --
The first wave of Hellenism. Politics and theology under the ʻAbbāsids ; The attraction of Greek thought ; The Muʻtazilites ; The polarization of Sunnism and Shīʻism ; Al-Ashʻarī --
The second wave of Hellenism. The flowering of philosophy ; The progress of Ashʻarite theology ; Al-Ghazālī and later Ashʻarites ; Other Sunnite theologians, 950-1250 ; Theology and philosophy in the Islamic west ; The elaboration of Shīʻte theology --
The later Islamic middle ages, 1250-1850. The stagnation of philosophical theology ; The vitality of the Ḥanbalites ; The transformation of Shīʻism --
The modern period. The theological response to the impact of the west.
Series Title: Islamic surveys.
Responsibility: W. Montgomery Watt.
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"This is the standard general account in English of Islamic philosophy and theology. It takes the reader from the religio-political sects of the Kharijites and the Shiites through to the assimilation of Greek thought in the medieval period, and onto the early modern period. Watt concludes with an analysis of Western influences on modern Islamic theology." -- Publisher's description.

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