Theological Anthropology

Discussions of religious questtons may be traced back to the first Islamic century, but the term kalam was coined in the second/eight century. The term mutakallimun was applied to theologians by Malik ibn Anas, though some companions of Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq were also designated as such. Such discussions presented rational arguments for religious 

doctrines and principles against followers of different religions and sects. 

The present volume includes the English translations of selected articles devoted to this subject which were originally published in Persian in the Excyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI). Other ‘entries from this encyclopaedia which are available in English include: Theology (vol. 1), Law, Hadith, Tafsir, Qur’anic Exegeses, Muslim Scholars (2 vols.), History and 

Historiography, Historical Sources of the Islamic World, Qur'anic Exegeses, Tafsir, and Hawza-yi ‘Ilmiyya..