Theological rationalism in medieval Islam : new sources and perspectives
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Theological rationalism in medieval Islam : new sources and perspectives
（Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta, 258）
Peeters, 2018
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Papers from an international conference of the same name, held at the German Orient-Institut in Istanbul in June 2010
Contents of Works
- ʿAbd Allāh b. Yazīd al Fazārī's rebutal of the teaching of Ibn ʿUmayr / Wilferd Madelung
- Theological compendia in late 6th/12th and early 7th/13th century Zaydism : al Ḥasan al Raṣṣāṣʾs K. al-Taḥṣīl and its commentaries / Jan Thiele
- "Delaying the eluciation" (Taʾḫīr al bayān) in early Muslim legal theory : theological issues in legal hermeneutics / Robert Gleave
- Les rapports ambigus entre Ismaélisme et kalām (10e-11e s.) : polémiques et influences / Daniel de Smet
- Tracing changing identities through static doxographical representations / Heidrun Eichner
- Ibn Taymiyya's ethics between Ašʿarite voluntarism and Muʿtazilite rationalism : a middle road? / Sophia Vasalou
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Description
The present volume comprises substantially revised and enlarged versions
of papers read at a conference convened in June 2010 by the ERC-Project
at the German Orient-Institut in Istanbul. Under the title "Theological
Rationalism in Medieval Islam: New Texts and Perspectives", a group of
leading international scholars was invited to introduce important new
kalam-texts that have not been the subject of previous studies or
to explore new trajectories in studying known key-texts. While most
contributions combine both aspects, they are divided into two groups
according to the predominating aspect. The first four contributions
introduce hitherto unknown or unexplored texts and assess how these can
modify and expand our understanding of kalam. The second group of
contributions applies novel methodologies in order to identify and
interpret historical and conceptual transformations that occurred within
kalam or resulted from its interaction with other disciplines.
The question whether God can delay the elucidation of vague or unclear
statements raises a number of thorny theological questions. It is hoped
that the results of these presentations will have an impact beyond their
subject matter in that their novel approaches will find their place in
the methodological toolbox of kalam scholarship, thus stimulating
work that will further expand our knowledge of Muslim kalam.
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