John Wansbrough, Islam, and monotheism

John Wansbrough has elaborated a model of the emergence of Islam, one of the chief merits of which is to place Islam squarely within the development of Semitic or Middle Eastern monotheism. This article draws attention to the way in which Islam's own tradition about its origins, and most modern...

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Main Author: Hawting, G.R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1997
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 1997, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-38
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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