Islamic Theological Discourses And The Legacy Of Kalam

Author : Mustafa Shah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09
Category : Islam
ISBN : 3959940483

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Islamic Theological Discourses and the Legacy of Kalam by Mustafa Shah Pdf

With a concern for context and history, this major reference work presents key academic contributions devoted to the study of early, classical and pre-modern Islamic theological thought. The aim is to provide a balanced survey of the research discourses which have shaped study of the rich legacy of Islamic theology and kalam. Divided into three volumes and comprising over 40 articles, the collection includes an introduction which provides not only an assessment of key discussions and debates in the study of Islamic theology, but also examines significant developments in the field. Vol. 1 History and Development Vol. 2 Movements, Personalities and Controversies Vol. 3. Concepts, Constructs and Themes

Author : Richard M. Frank
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000226256

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Classical Islamic Theology: The Ash`arites by Richard M. Frank Pdf

This is the third of three volumes reprinting the collected papers on Islamic subjects by Richard M. Frank, Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of America, and completes the set. The present volume on the Ash`arites and the classical Ash`arite tradition brings together articles written in the last two decades of Richard Frank's scholarly activity which represent his mature thought on the main philosophical and doctrinal elements of that tradition. The volume opens with two more general studies, one on the science of kalam, presenting Frank's most profound insights on its very nature and essence, followed by a series of detailed and incisive analyses of the physics, metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology of the Ash`arite system. This body of work forms the vanguard of modern studies on the subject and will repay repeated and prolonged study.

Author : Tilman Nagel
Publisher : Markus Wiener Pub
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1558762035

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The History of Islamic Theology from Muhammad to the Present by Tilman Nagel Pdf

A study of Islam. Using the Koran and other primary sources, Tilman Nagel delves deeply into Islamic history as he traces the development of Islamic doctrine. He explores the centrality of the Koran in Islamic theology and examines its canonization process and the central themes of its message. The work goes on to explore the relationships between such Islamic sects as the Sunni and the Shiite, and the two types of Islamic theological literature: the hadith, an oral report or story, and the ""kalam"", a genre that ""develops theological and metaphysical statements"". The author also examines Islamic monotheism; the development of Islamic philosophy in the Middle Ages and its relation to theology; and the relationship between Islam and Gnosticism. Although the focus of the book is on the 9th to the 12th centuries, Nagel demonstrates the ways in which Muslims have carried these beliefs into the modern world.

Author : Taha Jabir Al-Alwani
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9781565644274

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Islamic Thought by Taha Jabir Al-Alwani Pdf

For the first time, Muslims are faced with a worldwide positivism which is working to use knowledge, the sciences and their discoveries and achievements in a manner which severs the relationship between the Creator, the created universe and man, thereby disregarding the world of the unseen and driving a wedge between science and values. Lacking even the most modest store of vital Islamic doctrine on the intellectual level, university students and researchers in the Islamic world are confronted with doctrines and philosophies which are presented to them together with a flimsy, miserable defense of Islam. There is not a single academic institution in the Islamic world in which Islamic thought is taught and in which the Islamic vision is given a deep-rooted foundation with the same force and persuasiveness with which Western ideas and the Western vision are taught to students in the West, in a coherent, comprehensive manner accompanied by seriousness and commitment on the part of all. The books argues that this approach is diametrically opposed to the Islamic perspective and that we must disengage human scientific achievement from positivistic philosophical premises and reemploy these sciences within a systematic epistemological framework based on divine revelation, conferring honor upon all forms of knowledge, as having been bestowed upon man by their Creator.

Author : Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546921214

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Scholastic Theology Kalam by Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari Pdf

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Mustafa Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Mustafa Organization is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought!

Author : Sabine Schmidtke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191068799

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The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology by Sabine Schmidtke Pdf

Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim theology is a comparatively young discipline. Much progress has been achieved over the past decades with respect both to discoveries of new materials and to scholarly approaches to the field. The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the current state of the field. It provides a variegated picture of the state of the art and at the same time suggests new directions for future research. Part One covers the various strands of Islamic theology during the formative and early middle periods, rational as well as scripturalist. To demonstrate the continuous interaction among the various theological strands and its repercussions (during the formative and early middle period and beyond), Part Two offers a number of case studies. These focus on specific theological issues that have developed through the dilemmatic and often polemical interactions between the different theological schools and thinkers. Part Three covers Islamic theology during the later middle and early modern periods. One of the characteristics of this period is the growing amalgamation of theology with philosophy (Peripatetic and Illuminationist) and mysticism. Part Four addresses the impact of political and social developments on theology through a number of case studies: the famous mi?na instituted by al-Ma'mun (r. 189/813-218/833) as well as the mihna to which Ibn 'Aqil (d. 769/1367) was subjected; the religious policy of the Almohads; as well as the shifting interpretations throughout history (particularly during Mamluk and Ottoman times) of the relation between Ash'arism and Maturidism that were often motivated by political motives. Part Five considers Islamic theological thought from the end of the early modern and during the modern period.

Author : Michael E. Marmura
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0873957466

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Islamic Theology and Philosophy by Michael E. Marmura Pdf

Some of the foremost living scholars in Islamic thought have come together to create a standard and definitive work on the subject of Islamic thought. Noted scholars from North America, Europe, and the Middle East offer new and generative interpretations of major themes in the field. They address perennial theological and philosophical questions: the nature of the God-head, the ultimate constitution of matter, the world's origin, causality, divine providence and the existence of evil, freedom and determinism, political wisdom, and the reaches of human knowledge, The contributions include historical and analytical expositions of these issues in medieval Islam as well as discussions of individual thinkers, translations of Arabic texts with commentary, comparisons of Greek and Islamic thought, and bibliographical and textual sources. As a whole, these essays offer a wealth of philosophical, theological, bibliographical, philological, and historical information. Among the outstanding contributions are: an article by Charles Butterworth on Aristotle's rhetoric and how it was understood by al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes; Richard M. Frank's essay on the concepts of atoms and bodies, one of the most complex subjects in Islamic theology; and an article by Shams Inati on Ibn Sina and single expressions that discusses how language relates to mental processes and the unknown. Michael E. Marmura develops a new perspective on the subject of efficient causality, emphasizing the paradigmatic position of God's relationship to the world; Muhsin Mahdi analyzes a treatise of Averroes' that deals with the relationship between philosophy and law.

Author : Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546921311

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An Introduction to 'Ilm Al-Kalam by Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari Pdf

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Mustafa Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Mustafa Organization is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought!

Author : Benaouda Bensaid
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781565646926

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Books-in-Brief: In Service of God and Humanity by Benaouda Bensaid Pdf

IIIT Books-In-Brief Series is a valuable collection of the Institute’s key publications written in condensed form to give readers a core understanding of the main contents of the original. In his passionate devotion to the task of inviting others to Islam, Muhammad al-Ghazali (1917-1996) presented Muslims with a power-ful critique of themselves, not only in their endemic failure to project Islam in the best, most reasoned light, but also in their betrayal of the Qur’an’s spiritual principles and the highest standards set by the Prophet Muhammad. This work analyzes al-Ghazali’s critique of du'at (those inviting to Islam) and the practice of dawah work itself (the call to Islam). It also examines his methodology, various proposed solutions, and the juristic responses to his perspective. The evolution of al-Ghazali’s thought and the people and factors influencing him are key elements of the study. It is hard to conceive where the state of discourse on da¢wah and Islamic reform would be without al-Ghazali’s outstanding contributions. The powerful stand he took on the importance of education, the significant weight he gave to a free society, his promotion of a decent standard of living for the poor, the qualities of moral and personal excellence he appealed for, and his compassionate, impassioned role as an educator, all these pre-serve al-Ghazali’s reputation, both in his own lifetime and for many generations to come, as one of the twentieth century’s most important Muslim intellectual thinkers and reformers. His legacy is founded on a lifetime of service.

Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Islam
ISBN : 0415343933

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Islamic Philosophy and Theology by Ian Richard Netton Pdf

Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 041534395X

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Islamic Philosophy and Theology: Revelation and reason by Ian Richard Netton Pdf

A proper understanding of the Islamic present depends on an accurate knowledge of the way in which Islamic thought developed from medieval times onwards. Islam developed a sophisticated theology and set of philosophical systems of its own. Taken together they constitute a golden period of Islamic debate and intellectual inquiry.

Author : Joseph Kenny
Publisher : CRVP
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Faith and reason
ISBN : 1565181794

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Philosophy of the Muslim World by Joseph Kenny Pdf

Author : ?Abd al-Maj?d Sharaf?
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789637326165

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Islam Between Divine Message and History by ?Abd al-Maj?d Sharaf? Pdf

"This work attempts to introduce the characteristics of the Mohammedan Mission, with the aspiration to be faithful to its essential purposes and to historical truth at the same time. The author thus illustrates the different ways in which people have understood the Mission and the reasons that led them to those various interpretations. The book presents several alternative interpretations that actually existed but did not enjoy widespread acceptance and popularity.". "This book looks to the future, attempting to respond to the needs of those who are rapidly becoming integrated into modern life, and to the new generations aspiring to an Islamic thought adapted to these processes."--Jacket.

Author : Springer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 904813577X

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Classic Issues in Islamic Philosophy and Theology Today by Springer Pdf

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134538119

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Islamic Life and Thought by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Pdf

This collection of essays by one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars writing in English covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The author has brought together studies dealing with the practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in both their historical and contemporary reality. The contemporary significance of themes such as religion and secularism, the meaning of freedom, and the tradition of Islamic science and philosophy is given particular attention.