Jonathan Berkey Explained

Jonathan Porter Berkey is a historian specializing in Islam and the Middle East. He is currently professor of history at Davidson College.He received a bachelor's degree from Williams College, and his doctorate from Princeton University.^[1] In 2003 he was given the Albert Hourani Book Award by the Middle Eastern Studies Association for his book The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800.^[2]

Works

• "The Mamluks as Muslims", The Mamluks in Egyptian politics and society, Editors Thomas Philipp, Ulrich Haarmann, Cambridge University Press, 1998,
• The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education, Princeton University Press, 1992,
• Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East, University of Washington Press, 2001,
• The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800, Cambridge University Press, 2003,

References

1. Web site: Jonathan Berkey . . 18 September 2014.
2. http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/excellence/hourani_winners_list.htm Albert Hourani Book Award