Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim
theology is a comparatively young discipline. Much progress has
been achieved over the past decades with respect both to
discoveries of new materials and to scholarly approaches to the
field. The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology provides a
comprehensive and authoritative survey of the current state of the
field. It provides a variegated picture of the state of the art and
at the same time suggests new directions for future research. Part
One covers the various strands of Islamic theology during the
formative and early middle periods, rational as well as
scripturalist. To demonstrate the continuous interaction among the
various theological strands and its repercussions (during the
formative and early middle period and beyond), Part Two offers a
number of case studies. These focus on specific theological issues
that have developed through the dilemmatic and often polemical
interactions between the different theological schools and
thinkers. Part Three covers Islamic theology during the later
middle and early modern periods. One of the characteristics of this
period is the growing amalgamation of theology with philosophy
(Peripatetic and Illuminationist) and mysticism. Part Four
addresses the impact of political and social developments on
theology through a number of case studies: the famous mihna
instituted by al-Ma"mun (r. 189/813-218/833) as well as the mihna
to which Ibn "Aqil (d. 769/1367) was subjected; the religious
policy of the Almohads; as well as the shifting interpretations
throughout history (particularly during Mamluk and Ottoman times)
of the relation between Ash"arism and Maturidism that were often
motivated by political motives. Part Five considers Islamic
theological thought from the end of the early modern and during the
modern period.
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