The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History

by G.R. Hawting

Book Overview

Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding regions. In this study of pre-Islamic Arabian religion, G. R. Hawting adopts a comparative religious perspective to suggest an alternative view. By examining the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521651654
• ISBN13: 9780521651653
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"