2016/11/01 by Josef van Ess, John W. O’Kane · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Classics #German #Historical and Linguistic Studies #History #Islam #Islamic Studies and History #Law #Ninth #Philosophy #Political science #Prosopography #Religious studies #Scholarship #Theology
paper · doi:10.1163/9789004323384
openalex publication_date 2016/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
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.