The Flowering of Muslim Theology
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Josef van Ess is a scholar of classical kalam, the Muslim theology that was the precursor to, and foundation for, modern Islam. This book makes available, for the first time in English, the fruit of van Ess's thirty-five years of work in the field. A lucid and authoritative introduction to classical Islam, it opens a window on the intellectual world that gave rise to Muslim theology.A sustained look at important issues in early kalam, The Flowering of Muslim Theology discusses the emergence of theology i