God's Rule : Government and Islam

God's Rule : Government and Islam Six Centuries of Medieval Islamic Political Thought

God's Rule : Government and Islam Six Centuries of Medieval Islamic Political Thought is a book written by scholar and historian of early Islam Patricia Crone.

God's Rule : Government and Islam provides a detailed analysis on the origins and development of Islamic religio-political practices and thought from the 7th to the 13th century. The author chronicles the development of the Islamic concept of Jihad, the justifications devised for ideological imperialisms, the debates about the subjugation of non-Muslims, and rulings toward forced conversions as well as views on the persecution of dissidents and non-conforming Muslims and the sanctioning of killings in dealing with such situations.^[1]

Part One: The Beginnings

1. The Origins of Government
2. The First Civil War and Sect Formation
3. The Umayyads

Part Two: The Waning of the Tribal Tradition, c.700-900

4. General
5. The Kharijites
6. The Mu'tazilites
7. The Shi'ites of the Umayyad Period
8. The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism
9. The Zaydis
10. The Imamis
11. The Hadith Party

Part Three Coping with a Fragmented World

12. General
13. The Persian Tradition and Advice Literature
14. The Greek Tradition and 'Political Science'
15. The Ismailis
16. The Sunnis

Part Four: Government and Society

17. The Nature of Government
18. The Functions of Government
19. Visions of Freedom
20. The Social Order
21. Muslims and Non-Muslims

(a) Infidels (b) Muslims as Infidels

22. Epilogue: Religion, Government and Society Revisited

References

↑ Ira M. Lapidus University of California, Berkeley Journal of Interdisciplinary History 37.1 (2006) 168-169

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God's Rule : Government and Islam

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