This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung's articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam and Studies in Medieval ShAE"ism). The first sections contain articles examining intellectual and historical aspects of Mutazilism, the IbAE a iyya, aanafism and MAE turidism, Sufism and Philosophy. The final group of articles focuses on aspects of early Muslim history. A detailed index completes the volume.

About the Author
Wilferd Madelung was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford, and is an Emeritus Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, UK. Sabine Schmidtke is Director of the Research Unit on Intellectual History of the Islamicate World and Professor in the Institute of Islamic Studies at the Freie UniversitAt, Berlin, Germany.

Reviews
'This volume offers a welcome occasion to study Madelung's methods and techniques as an intellectual historian.' Speculum



Book Information
ISBN 9781409450122
Author Wilferd Madelung
Format Hardback
Page Count 322
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 684g