Theology of Abu l-Qasim al-Balkhi/al-Ka?bi (d. 319/931)

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the theology of Abu l-Qasim al-Ka?bi al-Balkhi (d. 319/931), a leading Mu?tazili who flourished at the end of the Baghdadi school and at the beginning of the scholastic phase of Mu?tazili history. The study of al-Ka?bi's theology has been hindered by historiographical barriers: the fragmentary nature of extant articles, and the difficulties of reconstru...