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Islamic Theology : Traditionalism and Rationalism / Binyamin Abrahamov.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748611027
  • 9781474463782
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.201 21
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Foundations of Traditionalism -- 2. The Place of Reason in Traditionalism -- 3. Traditionalism against Rationalism -- 4. The Foundations of Rationalism -- 5. The Rationalists' Criticism of Traditionalism -- 6. Compromise between Rationalism and Traditionalism -- 7. Summary -- Appendix I. The Creed of Abu Zur'a 'Ubaydallāh ibn 'Abd al-Karīm al-Rāzī (d. 264/878) and Abu Hātim Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Rāzī (d. 277/8go) -- Appendix II. Al-Mukhtaşar fī şūl al-dīn -- Appendix III. Two Passages on Reason and Tradition -- Appendix IV. Kitāb uşūl al-'adl wa'l-tawhīd wa-nafy al-jabr wa'l-tashbīh' -- Notes -- References and Abbreviations -- Index
Summary: The principal theological struggle in Islam has taken place between traditionalist and rationalist theologians. Assessing materials from the 3rd/9th century to the 10th/16th century, Professor Abrahamov focuses on the foundations of both traditionalism and rationalism, the arguments which the two tendencies used against each other and the compromises reached. This is a ground-breaking study by a renowned scholar and writer.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Foundations of Traditionalism -- 2. The Place of Reason in Traditionalism -- 3. Traditionalism against Rationalism -- 4. The Foundations of Rationalism -- 5. The Rationalists' Criticism of Traditionalism -- 6. Compromise between Rationalism and Traditionalism -- 7. Summary -- Appendix I. The Creed of Abu Zur'a 'Ubaydallāh ibn 'Abd al-Karīm al-Rāzī (d. 264/878) and Abu Hātim Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Rāzī (d. 277/8go) -- Appendix II. Al-Mukhtaşar fī şūl al-dīn -- Appendix III. Two Passages on Reason and Tradition -- Appendix IV. Kitāb uşūl al-'adl wa'l-tawhīd wa-nafy al-jabr wa'l-tashbīh' -- Notes -- References and Abbreviations -- Index

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The principal theological struggle in Islam has taken place between traditionalist and rationalist theologians. Assessing materials from the 3rd/9th century to the 10th/16th century, Professor Abrahamov focuses on the foundations of both traditionalism and rationalism, the arguments which the two tendencies used against each other and the compromises reached. This is a ground-breaking study by a renowned scholar and writer.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)