Toby Matthiesen

Gebundenes Buch

The Caliph and the Imam

The Making of Sunnism and Shiism

Beschreibung

No sectarian division has had a more momentous impact than that between the two dominant branches of Islam. Widely considered the world's leading expert on the subject, Toby Matthiesen offers the full story of the Sunni-Shia split, delving down to its roots in the early days of Islam and following it to the present day and its effect on current events not just in the Middle East but globally.

Autor

Toby Matthiesen, Senior Lecturer in Global Religious Studies, University of Bristol. Toby Matthiesen is Senior Lecturer in Global Religious Studies at the University of Bristol. He is the author of several award-winning books and has previously held fellowships at the Universities of Oxford, Ca' Foscari of Venice, Stanford, Cambridge, and the LSE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 960
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 1516g
• ISBN-13: 9780190689469
• ISBN-10: 0190689463
• Artikelnr.: 60184658