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Routledge Handbook on Early Islam (Paperback)
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Routledge Handbook on Early Islam (Paperback)
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The formative period of Islam remains highly contested. From the
beginning of modern scholarship on this formative period, scholars
have questioned traditional Muslim accounts on early Islam. The
scholarly fixation is mirrored by sectarian groups and movements
within Islam, most of which trace their origins to this period.
Moreover, contemporary movements from Salafists to modernists
continue to point to Islam's origins to justify their positions.
This Handbook provides a definitive overview of early Islam and how
this period was understood and deployed by later Muslims. It is
split into four main parts, the first of which explores the debates
and positions on the critical texts and figures of early Islam. The
second part turns to the communities that identified their origins
with the Qur'an and Muhammad. In addition to the development of
Muslim identities and polities, of particular focus is the
relationship with groups outside or movements inside of the umma
(the collective community of Muslims). The third part looks beyond
what happened from the 7th to the 9th centuries CE and explores
what that period, the events, figures, and texts have meant for
Muslims in the past and what they mean for Muslims today. Not all
Muslims or scholars are willing to merely reinterpret early Islam
and its sources, though; some are willing to jettison parts, or
even all, of the edifice that has been constructed over almost a
millennium and a half. The Handbook therefore concludes with
discussions of re-imaginations and revisions of early Islam and its
sources. Almost every major debate in the study of Islam and among
Muslims looks to the formative period of Islam. The wide range of
contributions from many of the leading academic experts on the
subject therefore means that this book will be a valuable resource
for all students and scholars of Islamic studies, as well as for
anyone with an interest in early Islam.
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