
Islam in the Middle Ages
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Michael Bonner is professor of medieval Islamic history in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. He received his PhD in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, in 1987. His recent publications include Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practices (2006) and Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts, co-edited with Amy Singer and Mine Ener (2003). He has been a Helmut S. Stern fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and professeur invité at the Institut d'Etudes de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France and of Chaire de l'Institut du Monde Arabe, also in Paris. He was director of the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in 1997-2000 and 2001-2003, and acting chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies in 2007-08.
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- Contents
- I. Muhammad and the Origins of the Islamic Community (Ummah)
- 1. Arabia on the Eve of Islam
- 2. Muhammad Prophet of Islam: Origins
- 3. The Prophet's Mission: Mecca
- 4. The Prophet's Mission: Medina
- 5. The Meccan Response and the Triumph of the Ummah
- II. The Transformation of the Islamic Ummah
- 6. Succession, Conquest, and Expansion: The Ummah Becomes an ''Arab Kingdom''
- 7. The Hashimite Restoration: A Revolution Shaped by Images of an Idealized Past
- 8. The Split between the Hashimites: 'Alids versus Abbasids/ Shi'ites versus Sunnites
- 9. Centralizing Power: The Rise of a Universal Islamic Empire
- 10. Emerging Cracks within the Universal Islamic Empire
- 11. The Changing Political Climate: Heralding the End of the Formative Period of Medieval Islam
- III. Religious Scholarship and Piety
- 12. The Qur'an and Its Commentators
- 13. The Major Themes of Muslim Scripture
- 14. The Formation of Islamic Law and Legal Tradition
- 15. The Formation of Different Schools of Islamic Law
- 16. Islamic Theology and Popular Religion
- Appendix 1: Dynastic Orders
- Appendix 2: Glossary of Technical Terms
- Appendix 3: Chronology
- Appendix 4: Illustrations
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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