This second selection of articles by George Makdisi concentrates on the schools of religious thought and legal learning in the medieval Islamic world and their defence of a€?orthodoxya€?. The author a
In the present collection of his articles George Makdisi is first of all concerned with the local history and the topography of Baghdad. This is of interest in itself, as a study of one of the princip
The major concern of this book on Ibn 'Aqil is the study of the main currents of his thought. The century of Ibn 'Aqil is a pivotal period in religious thought and in the development of institutions o
