This examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology. Modern literary modes are used to criticize major Islamic and Arab thinkers of the Middle Ages and their views on the nature, function, role and development of their God.

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.