Islamic Theology

Moaal Izzidien is a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter. His publications include 'Islamic Law' (2004), 'The Environmental Dimensions of Islam' (2000) and 'The Theory and Practice of Market Law in Medieval Islam' (1998).

• PART ONE: PRELIMINARY PERSPECTIVESCHAPTER 1: Aim, Methodology, and Key TermsCHAPTER 2: Early TheologyPART TWO: THE CORE DOCTRINECHAPTER 3: Scholars of Early Islamic TheologyCHAPTER 4: The Three Legal Imams and TheologyCHAPTER 5: Theology and the Imams' Legal ConstructsPART THREE: The Bridge Builders: al-Ghazālī, al-Ashʿarī and Ibn TaymiyyaCHAPTER 6: Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī as a BridgePART FOUR: The Hereafter and SupplicationCHAPTER 7: Islamic Eschatology: Core Beliefs and DoctrinesCHAPTER 8: Supplications to God: MaʾthūrātPART FIVE: Tradition, Legacy, and Contemporary Issues: Symbolism, Trust, and Theological Continuity in Islamic ThoughtCHAPTER 9: Signs of the Divine: Theology, Symbolism, and Contemporary IssuesAddendum: Translation of Al-Fiqh Al-AkbarIndex