The Attributes Of God In Islamic Thought

Author : Mansooreh Khalilizand
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2024
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1003438105

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The Attributes of God in Islamic Thought by Mansooreh Khalilizand Pdf

"The debate over Allah's attribute-the "nature" and the inner articulation of Allah-is one of the focal debates in the intellectual history of Islam. This edited collection aims to highlight and examine some aspects of this debate in their original context, based on the relevant primary literature. By showing that even an apparently self-evident concept such as Allah, which lies at the heart of every reading of Islam, is highly ambiguous and polysemous, the chapters also emphasise the plurality that has always existed in Islamic thought. Through highlighting the philosophical and theological reflections on the concept of Allah, the results of this study challenge the juristic reading of Islam, in which Allah's function consists mainly in providing a detailed plan for the human life and also rewarding or punishing the ones who deviates from it. The book also attempts to demonstrate the relevance and the actuality of the tradition and to stress its contemporaneity. This volume makes a significant part of the intellectual tradition of Islam accessible for students and scholars of Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Islamic studies and the like, as well as providing a secondary source for teaching on the debate in question"--

Author : Hannah C. Erlwein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110619560

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Arguments for God's Existence in Classical Islamic Thought by Hannah C. Erlwein Pdf

The endeavour to prove God’s existence through rational argumentation was an integral part of classical Islamic theology (kalām) and philosophy (falsafa), thus the frequently articulated assumption in the academic literature. The Islamic discourse in question is then often compared to the discourse on arguments for God’s existence in the western tradition, not only in terms of its objectives but also in terms of the arguments used: Islamic thinkers, too, put forward arguments that have been labelled as cosmological, teleological, and ontological. This book, however, argues that arguments for God’s existence are absent from the theological and philosophical works of the classical Islamic era. This is not to say that the arguments encountered there are flawed arguments for God’s existence. Rather, it means that the arguments under consideration serve a different purpose than to prove that God exists. Through a close reading of the works of several mutakallimūn and falāsifa from the 3rd‒7th/9th‒13th century, such as al-Bāqillānī and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī as well as Ibn Sīnā and Ibn Rushd, this book proffers a re-evaluation of the discourse in question, and it suggests what its participants sought to prove if it is not that God exists.

Author : Mansooreh Khalilizand
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 291 pages
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Release : 2024-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003852780

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The Attributes of God in Islamic Thought by Mansooreh Khalilizand Pdf

The debate over Allah’s attribute—the “nature” and the inner articulation of Allah—is one of the focal debates in the intellectual history of Islam. This edited collection aims to highlight and examine some aspects of this debate in their original context, based on the relevant primary literature. By showing that even an apparently self-evident concept such as Allah, which lies at the heart of every reading of Islam, is highly ambiguous and polysemous, the chapters also emphasise the plurality that has always existed in Islamic thought. Through highlighting the philosophical and theological reflections on the concept of Allah, the results of this study challenge the juristic reading of Islam, in which Allah’s function consists mainly in providing a detailed plan for the human life and also rewarding or punishing the ones who deviates from it. The book also attempts to demonstrate the relevance and the actuality of the tradition and to stress its contemporaneity. This volume makes a significant part of the intellectual tradition of Islam accessible for students and scholars of Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Islamic studies and the like, as well as providing a secondary source for teaching on the debate in question.

Author : Farid Suleiman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004499904

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Ibn Taymiyya and the Attributes of God by Farid Suleiman Pdf

In Ibn Taymiyya and the Attributes of God (orig. published in German, 2019), Farid Suleiman pieces together, on the basis of statements scattered unsystematically over numerous individual treatises, an overall picture of the methodological foundations of Ibn Taymiyya’s doctrine of the divine attributes. He then examines how Ibn Taymiyya applies these foundational principles as exemplified in his treatment of selected divine attributes. Throughout the book, Suleiman relates Ibn Taymiyya’s positions to the larger context of Islamic intellectual history. The book was awarded the Dissertation Prize 2019 by the Academy for Islam in Research and Society (AIWG) and the Classical Islamic Book Prize by Gorgias Press (2020).

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159

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Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig Pdf

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Author : Hannah C. Erlwein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110617917

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Arguments for God's Existence in Classical Islamic Thought by Hannah C. Erlwein Pdf

The endeavour to prove God’s existence through rational argumentation was an integral part of classical Islamic theology (kalām) and philosophy (falsafa), thus the frequently articulated assumption in the academic literature. The Islamic discourse in question is then often compared to the discourse on arguments for God’s existence in the western tradition, not only in terms of its objectives but also in terms of the arguments used: Islamic thinkers, too, put forward arguments that have been labelled as cosmological, teleological, and ontological. This book, however, argues that arguments for God’s existence are absent from the theological and philosophical works of the classical Islamic era. This is not to say that the arguments encountered there are flawed arguments for God’s existence. Rather, it means that the arguments under consideration serve a different purpose than to prove that God exists. Through a close reading of the works of several mutakallimūn and falāsifa from the 3rd‒7th/9th‒13th century, such as al-Bāqillānī and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī as well as Ibn Sīnā and Ibn Rushd, this book proffers a re-evaluation of the discourse in question, and it suggests what its participants sought to prove if it is not that God exists.

Author : Murtaz̤á Muṭahharī,Hamid Algar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:49015000045972

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Fundamentals of Islamic Thought by Murtaz̤á Muṭahharī,Hamid Algar Pdf

Author : Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134146758

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God and Humans in Islamic Thought by Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth Pdf

Winner of The Iranian World Prize for the Book of the Year 2007 in the Philosophy and Mysticism category. This new and original text provides a timely re-examination of Islamic thought, presenting a stark contrast to the more usual conservative view. The explanation of the relationship between God and humans, as portrayed in Islam, is often influenced by the images of God and of human beings which theologians, philosophers and mystics have in mind. The early period of Islam reveals a diversity of interpretations of this relationship. Elkaisy-Friemuth discusses the view of three scholars from the tenth and eleventh century: Abd al-Jabbar, Ibn Sina and Al-Ghazali, which introduce three different approaches of looking at the relationship between God and Humans. God and Humans in Islamic Thought attempts to shed light on an important side of medieval rational thought in demonstrating its significance in forming the basis of an understanding of the nature of God, the nature of human beings and the construction of different bridges between them.

Author : Abdullah Saeed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134225651

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Islamic Thought by Abdullah Saeed Pdf

Islamic Thought is a fresh and contemporary introduction to the philosophies and doctrines of Islam. Abdullah Saeed, a distinguished Muslim scholar, traces the development of religious knowledge in Islam, from the pre-modern to the modern period. The book focuses on Muslim thought, as well as the development, production and transmission of religious knowledge, and the trends, schools and movements that have contributed to the production of this knowledge. Key topics in Islamic culture are explored, including the development of the Islamic intellectual tradition, the two foundation texts, the Qur’an and Hadith, legal thought, theological thought, mystical thought, Islamic Art, philosophical thought, political thought, and renewal, reform and rethinking today. Through this rich and varied discussion, Saeed presents a fascinating depiction of how Islam was lived in the past and how its adherents practise it in the present. Islamic Thought is essential reading for students beginning the study of Islam but will also interest anyone seeking to learn more about one of the world’s great religions.

Author : Tim Winter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107494411

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The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology by Tim Winter Pdf

This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in the history of monotheism, to which it has brought a unique approach and style, and a range of solutions which are of abiding interest. Devoting especial attention to questions of rationality, scriptural fidelity, and the construction of 'orthodoxy', this volume introduces key Muslim theories of revelation, creation, ethics, scriptural interpretation, law, mysticism, and eschatology. Throughout the treatment is firmly set in the historical, social and political context in which Islam's distinctive understanding of God evolved. Despite its importance, Islamic theology has been neglected in recent scholarship, and this book provides a unique, scholarly but accessible introduction.

Author : Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : God (Islam)
ISBN : 1871031079

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The Foundations of Islamic Doctrine: God and his attributes by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī Pdf

Volume 1: God and His attributes; Volume 2: The seal of the Prophet and his message; Volume 3: Resurrection, judgement, and the hereafter.

Author : I. M. N. Al-Jubouri
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781453595855

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Islamic Thought by I. M. N. Al-Jubouri Pdf

Dr. Imadaldin Al-Jubouri was born on Monday morning in 28-12-1953 where the flood just began in Baghdad, which is known as flood of 1954, therefore, the author registration was March 4, 1954. He brought up in Baghdad where finished his education, a British citizen of Iraqi origin. He completed his high degrees in Greenwich compass college in 1990. A father of three daughters from his relative wife Abir, fulltime writer and translator, he published many articles and studies in several Arabic and English newspapers, journals and magazines, such as Al-Arab International, Ad-Dustor, Azzaman, Philosophy Now, ProQuest Information and Learning, in London, New York, Beirut, Amman and Baghdad. Further to his entertained in some Arabic satellite channels, such as ANN, Nile, Alrafidain, Almustakillah and Alhiwar in London and Cairo.

Author : Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781565645837

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Books-in-Brief: Anthropomorphic Depictions of God by Zulfiqar Ali Shah Pdf

This monumental study examines issues of anthropomorphism in the three Abrahamic Faiths, as viewed through the texts of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur’an. Throughout history Christianity and Judaism have tried to make sense of God. While juxtaposing the Islamic position against this, the author addresses the Judeo-Christian worldview and how each has chosen to framework its encounter with God, to what extent this has been the result of actual scripture and to what extent the product of theological debate, or church decrees of later centuries and absorption of Hellenistic philosophy. Shah also examines Islam’s heavily anti-anthropomorphic stance and Islamic theological discourse on Tawhid as well as the Ninety-Nine Names of God and what these have meant in relation to Muslim understanding of God and His attributes. Describing how these became the touchstone of Muslim discourse with Judaism and Christianity he critiques theological statements and perspectives that came to dilute if not counter strict monotheism. As secularism debates whether God is dead, the issue of anthropomorphism has become of immense importance. The quest for God, especially in this day and age, is partly one of intellectual longing. To Shah, anthropomorphic concepts and corporeal depictions of the Divine are perhaps among the leading factors of modern atheism. As such he ultimately draws the conclusion that the postmodern longing for God will not be quenched by pre-modern anthropomorphic and corporeal concepts of the Divine which have simply brought God down to this cosmos, with a precise historical function and a specified location, reducing the intellectual and spiritual force of what God is and represents, causing the soul to detract from a sense of the sacred and thereby belief in Him.

Author : Ramon Harvey
Publisher : Edinburgh Studies in Islamic S
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1474451659

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Transcendent God, Rational World by Ramon Harvey Pdf

Ramon Harvey revisits the Muslim theologian Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) from Samarqand and puts his system, and that of the Māturīdī school, into lively dialogue with modern thought to show that a contemporary Muslim philosophical theology (kalām jadīd) can provide original and constructive answers to perennial theological questions.

Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438439358

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In Search of the Lost Heart by William C. Chittick Pdf

Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.