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The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology (Cambridge Companions to Religion)

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This is very interesting reading. The articles are well written, scholarly, and very informative. An important addition to the collection of any student of Islam and/or religion.

Good news --- this is the kind of reference book that should be on the shelf of every student, researcher or teacher. They should be used in association with another great textbook, called The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an and I suppose the publisher is quite good at referring to other works. It's well edited, with a healthy collection of selected chapters. Really good articles are those in part 2 titled themes in which you find good stuff on ethics, revelation, the existence of God and his attributes. Tim Winter's introduction is really helpful as a great overview of the historical perspectives as well.

The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology is a useful text for the study of early Islamic theology. This is a book for scholars and not going to be useful for the person with a passing interest in Islam.