Social Theology (Nature, Origin, Approach)

"Social Theology" is a branch of Islamic Social Sciences, which is concerned with deduction, explanation and defense of Islamic teachings and views on social issues. Islamic theologians throughout history and in light of the maximal approach to religion have paid attention to all aspects of religion in all aspects of human social life there, even though their social heritage was not included in a separate field. Social researches first popped in Europe and America in response to social conditions of the West and Christianity and then appeared in other Islamic lands. Social theology in comparison with other social sciences, due to the distinctive features of the methodology, cosmology and anthropology, has the ability to develop and flourish in theorizing the problems of society.