The formative period of Islamic thought

Part 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.