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Informationen zum Autor John P. Turner is Associate Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan. Klappentext By examining the definition of 'heresy'! Turner presents a vivid account of the heresy trials in this period! as well as incisive analysis concerning the relationship between secular power and religious authority. This book is of particular interest to researchers and scholars of Islamic history! comparative religion and the medieval world. Vorwort By examining the definition of 'heresy', Turner presents a vivid account of the heresy trials in this period, as well as incisive analysis concerning the relationship between secular power and religious authority. This book is of particular interest to researchers and scholars of Islamic history, comparative religion and the medieval world. Zusammenfassung By examining the definition of 'heresy', Turner presents a vivid account of the heresy trials in this period, as well as incisive analysis concerning the relationship between secular power and religious authority. This book is of particular interest to researchers and scholars of Islamic history, comparative religion and the medieval world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction and BackgroundChapter 2: The Polemics of Naming and the Rhetoric of HeresyChapter 3: Doxographers as Polemicists and Caliphs as RhetoriciansChapter 4: Heresy Trials and Continuities: the UmayyadsChapter 5: Heresy Trials and Continuities: the AbbasidsChapter 6: The Mihna and its Context
