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Islam and Sufism

The Formation of Islam

Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800

by Jonathan P. Berkey

A history of how Islamic religious identities, institutions and authorities took shape in the Near East, set against the background of late antique religions. Berkey covers the emergence of Sunni and Shi'i communities, the scholars, Sufism and popular religion.

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