The idea of idolatry and the emergence of Islam : from polemic to history / G.R. Hawting.
"In this book G.R. Hawting supports the view that the emergence of Islam owed more to debates and disputes among monotheists than to arguments with idolaters and polytheists. Adopting a comparative religious perspective, the author considers why modern scholarship generally has been willing to...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Religion in the jahiliyya: theories and evidence
- 2. Idols and idolatry in the Koran
- 3. Shirk and idolatry in monotheist polemic
- 4. The tradition
- 5. Names, tribes and places
- 6. The daughters of God.