TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gök,Hakan
TI  - Atheism or theism?: the perspective of Said Nursi 
SN  - 9781532646812
AV  - BP253.Z8 G65 2018
U1  - 297.83 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Eugene, Oregon
PB  - Wipf and Stock Publishers
KW  - Nursi, Said,
KW  - God
KW  - Proof, Cosmological
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - Muslim philosophers
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Biography
KW  - Religion and ethics
KW  - Atheism
KW  - Dieu
KW  - Existence
KW  - Preuve cosmologique
KW  - Philosophie islamique
KW  - Religion et morale
KW  - Athéisme
KW  - atheism
KW  - aat
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Islam
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Intro; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter 1: Theism and Atheism; Chapter 2: A Brief Biography of Saïd Nursi; Chapter 3: The Teleological Argument; Chapter 4: Prophethood; Chapter 5: Revelations; Chapter 6: Morality and Conscience; Chapter 7: Analysis and Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography
N2  - "Is there a God?" is one of those irrepressible questions that has been debated throughout human history, with scholars from opposites camps making the case for or against the existence of God. It is a never-ending debate. This book first examines the theistic arguments developed by Islamic scholar Said Nursi in the twentieth century. Although his arguments initially seem to be mere presentations of well-established theistic arguments for God--such as teleological and cosmological, and arguments from miracles and morals-it is clear that Nursi takes a fresh approach to these existing philosophical defences. The book then analyses how Nursi tackles certain atheistic arguments-such as the problem of evil and the possibility of existence without a creator-and criticism leveled against the prophets and the Qur'an
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