Theology and society in the second and third centuries of the Hijra. Volume 1 : a history of religious thought in early Islam / by Josef van Ess ; translated from German by John O'Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ess, Josef van, author.

Contributor:

O'Kane, John, translator.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, Volume 116/1.

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One, Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section One, Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; Volume 116/1

Standardized Title:

Theologie und Gesellschaft im 2. und 3. Jahrhundert Hidschra. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Islam--Doctrines--History.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Theology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed prosopographical study of the early phase of the formation of Islam. Originally published in German between 1991 and 1995, Theology and Society is a monument of scholarship and a unique scholarly enterprise which has stood the test of time as an unparalleled reference work.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Setting the Seal on Prophecy

The Awareness of Being Chosen and Identity Formation

Community and Individual

Specific Religious Developments around the Turn of the 2nd Century

The Spread of the Faith

Introductory Remark on Methodology

Syria

Iraq

Supplementary Remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2016).

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004323384 DOI