TY - BOOK AU - Ess,Josef van AU - O'Kane,John AU - Goldbloom,Gwendolin TI - Theology and society in the second and third centuries of the Hijra: a history of religious thought in Early Islam T2 - Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one, The Near and Middle East SN - 9789004323384 AV - BP166.1 .E8413 2017eb U1 - 297.209/021 23 PY - 2017///-] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Islam KW - Doctrines KW - History KW - Islamic philosophy KW - Histoire KW - Philosophie islamique KW - fast N1 - Volumes 2 - 4 translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom; Includes bibliographical references; Translator's Acknowledgements; Preface; List of the Most Frequent Abbreviations (Excluding Journals); Part A Prelude: Characteristics of Islamic Religiosity in the 1st Century; Chapter 1 Setting the Seal on Prophecy; Chapter 2 The Awareness of Being Chosen and IdentityFormation; 2.1 Symbols of Islamic Identity in the Caliphate of AThe Murjiʼabd al-Malik; 2.2 Early Evidence in the Literary Tradition; Chapter 3 Community and Individual; 3.1 Faith and the Promise of Paradise; 3.2 Consciousness of Sin and Individual Responsibility; 3.3 Divine Grace and Predestination N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2553685 ER -