Islamic theological themes : a primary source reader /
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| Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2014] |
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| Description: | xviii, 461 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Islam -- Doctrines. RELIGION / Islam / Theology. RELIGION / Islam / General. Islam -- Doctrines. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10084133 |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One
- The Science of Interpretation: Reading the Sacred Sources
- 1 Qur'an and Hadith
- Theological Themes in the Qur'an
- Transcendence: Divine Throne and Footstool
- Immanence: The Verse of Light and God's Anthropomorphic Features
- Revelation in Creation and through Prophets
- Divine Freedom and Human Responsibility
- Theological Themes in the Hadith
- Exegetical Hadiths
- Hermeneutical Hints in the Hadith
- 2 Interpreting the Sacred Sources
- Varieties of Exegesis (Tafsir) on the Throne Verse
- Interpreting the Verse of Light
- Avicenna on Metaphorical Meanings of the Verse of Light
- Ghazali on the Similitudes in the Verse of Light
- Ṭabrisi on the Verse of Light
- Abu 'l-?Ala 'l-Mawdudi on the Verse of Light
- Theological Principles in Hermeneutics
- Ibn al-Jawzi on Exegetical Method
- Suyuṭī on the Occasions of Revelation
- ʻAbd al-Jabbar on Rational Interpretation of Scripture
- Shah Wali Allah on the Causes of Abrogation
- Ayatollah Khuʼī on the Divine Miracle of the Qur'an
- Part Two
- The Science of Community: Mapping the Boundaries of True Belief 00
- 3 Muslim Awareness of Other Religious Communities
- Identifying and Evaluating the Beliefs of Others
- ʻAli ibn Rabban aṭ-Ṭabari on Interpreting the Stories of Other Faiths
- Shahrastani's Heresiography on Non-Muslim Communities
- Ibn al-Jawzi on the Devil's Deception of Jews and Christians
- Ibn Taymiya on Christian Alteration of Scripture
- 4 Creed and Polemic
- Creeds
- Ḥanbali Traditionalist Creed
- Ghazali's Ashʻari Creed
- Nasafi's Maturidi Creed
- Ḥilli's Twelver Shiʻi/Muʻtazili Creed
- Sayyid Aḥmad Khan's Modern Sunni Creed
- Intra-Muslim Polemics in Practice
- ʻAli ibn Abi Ṭalib on Heresy
- Ibaḍi Views on Associating with Muslims of Deficient Faith
- Part Three
- The Science of Divine Unity: Schools and Themes in Systematic Theology
- 5 Theological Schools and Principles
- Divergent Schools of Thought
- Shahrastani's Doxography of Muslim Schools
- Salim ibn Dhakwan on the Murjiʻa
- Methodological Overviews
- Al-Ashʻari's Vindication of Kalam
- ʻAbd al-Jabbar's Muʻtazili Five Principles
- Theology's Foundation: Prophetic Revelation
- Avicenna on Assessing Claims to Prophetic Revelation
- Baqillani on Prophetic Miracle and Veracity
- Ṭusi's Ismaʻili Views on Postprophetic Authority
- 6 Major Themes in Systematic Theology
- God Creating: Transcendent Unity, Ongoing Involvement with Creation
- Ibn al-ʻArabi on Divine Majesty and Beauty
- Ibn Taymiya on God's Perpetual Creativity
- Javanese Admonitions of Seh Bari on God's Perpetual Creativity
- God Revealing
- Ibn Qudama on the Divine Voice
- Jami on God's Voice
- Mulla Ṣadra on Divine Speech and Attributes
- Experiencing God Hereafter
- Baqillani on the Vision of God in the Next Life
- ʻAli on the Vision of God
- Abd al-Jabbar on God and Humanity in the Hereafter
- Theological Bookends: Cosmogony and Eschatology
- Wang Daiyu on Translating Tawḥid into Chinese Traditional Terms
- Nuʻmani on the Greater Occultation of the Twelfth Imam
- Part Four
- The Science of Hearts: Spirituality and Literature
- 7 Knowledge and the Spiritual Quest
- Ways of Knowing: Acquired and Experiential
- ʻAli on Knowledge and the Spiritual Life
- Hujwiri on Experiential Knowledge
- Theological Dimensions of the Spiritual Quest
- Ibn al-ʻArabi on What Is Indispensable for the Spiritual Seeker
- Naṣir ad-Din Ṭusi on the Spiritual Quest
- Kemas Fakhr ad-Din on the Quest for Self and God's Oneness
- 8 Poetic, Pastoral, and Narrrative Theology
- Poetic Theology and Theological Poetry
- Sanaʼi on God's Attributes, Unity, and Anthropomorphisms
- ʻAṭṭar on the Valley of Experiential Knowledge
- Muḥammad Iqbal on "Secrets of the Self"
- Pastoral Theology: Talking and Teaching about God
- Rumi on the Many Languages of God Talk
- Ibn ʻAbbad on Relating to God's Attributes and Names
- Narrative Approaches to Major Theological Themes
- Ibn Ṭufayl on Acquiring Knowledge of Divine Names and Attributes
- Najm ad-Din Daya Razi on Muḥammad's Spiritual Finality
- A Shiʻi Narrative on the Spiritual Status of Faṭima az-Zahraʼ
- Part Five
- The Science of Character and Comportment: Ethics and Governance
- 9 Ethics in Theory
- Divine Omnipotence, Human Freedom
- Ḥasan al-Baṣri on Moral Responsibility
- Shaykh al-Mufid on Divine Predetermination and the Battle of Ṣiffin
- Theories of Moral Capacity and Responsibility
- Baqillani's Ashʻari Perspective on Human Acquisition of Divinely Created Acts
- Bazdawi's Maturidi Perspective on Moral Capacity
- Brethren of Purity on Divine Initiative, Human Responsibility, and Law
- ʻAbd al-Jabbar's Muʻtazili View of Ethical Principles and Theodicy
- Classical and Modern Views of the Devil, Destiny, and Fate
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziya on God's Wisdom in Creating Iblis
- ʻAbduh and Afghani on Destiny and Fate
- 10 Ethics in Practice
- The Foundation of Ethics in Practice
- Juwayni on Commanding the Good and Forbidding the Reprehensible
- Theologies of History: Contending Narratives of Early Muslim Governance
- Nawbakhti on Divergent Views of the Imamate
- Baqillani on Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Imamate
- Theologies of Governance: Holding Up a Mirror to Kings and Sultans
- Ghazali on the Larger Context of Islamic Governance
- Muḥammad Baqir Najm-i Thani on Justice and Discipline
- Social and Personal Ethical Guidance
- Ibn Ḥazm on Anxiety, Self-Knowledge and Virtue
- Ghazali on Contentment with Divine Destiny
- Shah Wali Allah on the Ranks of Sin
- Mulla Ṣadra on Forgiveness
- Notes
- Appendix: Synoptic/Comparative Table of Texts
- Acknowledgments of Permissions
- Index of Names of Persons
- General Index
- Index of Qur'anic Citations.