Part Three Contextualization 2

Part Three Contextualization 2

Relationships between religion and state as well as the status of non-Muslims

In chapters thirteen and seventeen, Berkey dives into the relationships between religion and state as well as the status of non-Muslims. In chapter thirteen Berkey. In chapter thirteen Berkey details the separation of authority within the ‘Abbasid Caliphate, passing authority from the government to the ‘Ulama’ due to religious scholar’s resistance during the Mihna. Chapter seventeen covers the status of non-Muslims such as Jews and Christians as minorities who are forced to pay the jizya (poll tax) resulting in the formation of a hierarchical social structure.

Adrian Fuentes

The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 by Jonathan P. Berkey

Cambridge University

2003

Academic Monograph

English

Contextualization