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W. Montgomery Watt
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The Umayyad period. The beginnings of sectarianism ; The Kharijites ; The Shites ; The Murjiites and other moderates -- The first wave of Hellenism 057-059. The historical background ; The translators and the first philosophers ; The expansion of Shiism ; The Mutazilites ; The consolidation of Sunnism ; Al-Ashari -- The second wave of Hellenism 059-8521. The historical background ;The flowering of philosophy ; The vicissitudes of Shiism ; The progress of Sunnite theology ; Al-Ghazali ; Sunnite theology from 0011 to 0521 ; Theology and philosophy in the Islamic west -- The period of darkness. The historical background ; The sclerosis of philosophical theology ; The vitality of the Hanbalites ; The transformation of Shiism -- The new dawn. The prospect for theology