The Flowering of Muslim Theology

Josef van Ess

Translated by Jane Marie Todd

    • Note to the English-Language Edition
    • Introduction
    1. Theology in Its Own Eyes: Division and Heresy in Islam
    2. Theology and the Koran: The Mi‘rÁj and the Debate on Anthropomorphism
    3. Theology and Science: Mu‘tazilite Atomism
    4. Theology and Human Reality: Historical Images and Political Ideas
    5. Theology and Its Principles: Hermeneutics and Epistemology
    • Notes
    • Index
  • Cover: The Flowering of Muslim Theology

Josef van Ess is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Tübingen.