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In this volume the history of Islamic sects is analysed as a literary genus in its own right. It consists of three sections: the first deals with structural constants in the texts such as the arrangement, or the number and classification of the "sects." The main section describes the most important works and authors from the 8th to the 19th century. Finally, the central concepts - "religion," "sects," "orthodoxy," etc. - are considered and the historical background of the literary development examined in more detail. It turns out that the "heresies" were rather "confessions" which can be under

Islamic sects. --- Islamic heresies. --- Cultural History of the Islamic World. --- Heresy Studies. --- Islamic Theology.

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Islam --- history of Islam --- culture --- Middle East --- religion --- Revelation --- the prophet Muhammad --- doctrine --- law --- the state --- medieval Islam --- the islamic world --- language --- the Muslim calendar

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Judaism --- Jewish society --- the Bible --- the Hebrew Bible --- the Rabbis --- Jews and the Islamic world --- Judaism and Christianity --- contemporary Jewry --- gender and Judaism --- Jewish arts and material culture --- Jewish demography --- the State of Israel

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Comparative religion --- Cults. --- Sects. --- Religion and law. --- Religion and state. --- Religion and sociology. --- Cultes --- Sectes --- Religion et droit --- Religion et Etat --- Sociologie religieuse --- #GGSB: Pastoraal --- Religions. --- Cults --- Religion and law --- Religion and sociology --- Religion and state --- Religions --- Sects --- Denominations, Religious --- Religions, Modern --- Religious denominations --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- World religions --- State and religion --- State, The --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Law --- Law and religion --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religious aspects --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion --- Sociology --- Pastoraal --- religious minorities --- new religious movements --- religious discrimination --- new religions --- Wahhabi Fundamentalists --- prophets --- false prophets --- religion --- alternative spirituality --- NRMs --- the Anticult movement --- globalization --- Apocalypse --- 9-11 --- sects --- the Islamic world --- cults --- porn --- hate