Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2146: Islamic Theological Traditions

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Main source book:
N. Calder, J.A. Mojaddedi & A. Rippin, Classical Islam: sources of religious literature, London/New York 2001, esp. Chs 5-7.
I. Goldziher, Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law (trs. A. and R. Hamori), Princeton, 1980
W. M. Watt, Islamic Creeds: a Selection, Edinburgh, 1994
B. Abrahamov, Islamic Theology, Edinburgh, 1997
T. Nagel, The History of Islamic Theology, Princeton, 2000.