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Islam The View from the Edge Richard Bulliet Islam A View from the Edge is a sociohistorical analysis of the Nishapur Diaspora through the experience of the new converts and their relationship with the ulemas The aptly titled book is a survey of how Islam developed in the periphery rather than in the center and how the scholastic developmental patterns in the center were heavily influenced by the creativity in the periphery Islam View from Edge by Richard W Bulliet Goodreads “Islam the view from the edge” is an attempt to correct what Bulliet calls “the view from the center” “The view from the center” begins with the Holy Prophet’s call to Islam and his establishment of the first Islamic state passes through the rightly guided caliphs the Umayyad and the Abbasids and is a record of conquests and the comings and goings of kings and caliphs Islam The View from the Edge Reviewed by Daniel Pipes In the early centuries of Islam converts made up the edge Today the edges two main groups consist of disoriented students and urbanized peasants In need of guidance they turn to the interpreters of Islam who most convincingly address their concerns Islam The View from the Edge Foreign Affairs Islam The View from the Edge His basic point is to show that Islam lacking a central religious hierarchy has evolved as those on the edge new communities entering the fold or newly mobilized sectors of society turn to religious scholars for answers to a range of practical and spiritual questions Islam The View from the Edge by Streusand Douglas E Islam The View from the Edge is thus not unexpected Like Bulliets first book The Patricians of Nishapur and his later Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period2 this volume rests on Bulliets extensive and intensive research in medieval biographical dictionaries Review of Islam The View from the Edge Middle East Bulliet argues that while Muslims and Westerners alike often accept the centers view of Islam the edge actually drives Muslim history by spontaneously finding its own religious authorities and following their guidance In the early centuries of Islam converts made up the edge Islam the view from the edge Book 1993 Islam the view from the edge Richard W Bulliet The Islamic world is going through a great upheaval today but not for the first time In this impressive history the author explains the complex processes by which early Islam incorporated new Islam The View from the Edge Richard W Bulliet Islam The View from the Edge Focusing on Iran and especially the cities of Isfahan Gorgan and Nishapur Bulliet examines a wide range of issues including religious conversion migration and demographic trends the changing functions and fortunes of cities and urban life and the roots and meaning of religious authority Islam the view from the edge Book 1994 Get this from a library Islam the view from the edge Richard W Bulliet The Islamic world is going through a great upheaval today but not for the first time In this impressive history the author explains the complex processes by which early Islam incorporated new Customer reviews Islam A View from the Edge Islam A View from the Edge is a sociohistorical analysis of the Nishapur Diaspora through the experience of the new converts and their relationship with the ulemas The aptly titled book is a survey of how Islam developed in the periphery rather than in the center and how the scholastic developmental patterns in the center were heavily influenced by the creativity in the periphery
