The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology
Role
Editor: Sabine Shmidtke
Contributing author: Martin Nguyen
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Document Type
Article
Description/Summary
Martin Nguyen is a contributing author, "Sufi Theological Thought," 325.
Book description: 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.
ISBN
9780199696703
Publication Date
2015
Publication Information
Nguyen, Martin."Sufi Theological Thought." In The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology edited by Sabine Schmidtke, 325. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Recommended Citation
Shmidtke, Sabine and Nguyen, Martin, "The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology" (2015). Religious Studies Faculty Book Gallery. 76.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/religiousstudies-books/76
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