The Venture of Islam, Volume 1

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Volume 1
List of Charts
List of Maps
Marshall Hodgson and The Venture of Islam, by Reuben W. Smith
Publisher's Note
Introduction to the Study of Islamic Civilization
General Prologue: The Islamic Vision in Religion and in Civilization
Book One: The Islamic Infusion: Genesis of a New Social Order
I. The World before Islam
II. Muhammad's Challenge, 570-624
III. The Early Muslim State, 625-692
Book Two: The Classical Civilization of the High Caliphate
Prologue to Book Two
I. The Islamic Opposition, 692-750
II. The Absolutism in Flower, 750-813
III. The Shar'i Islamic Vision, c. 750-945
IV. Muslim Personal Piety: Confrontations with History and with Selfhood, c. 750-945
V. Speculation: Falsafah and Kalam, c. 750-945
VI. Adab: The Bloom of Arabic Literary Culture, c. 813-945
VII. The Dissipation of the Absolutist Tradition, 813-945
A Selective Bibliography for Further Reading
Glossary of Selected Terms and Names
Index to Volume I