Theodicy and justice in modern Islamic thought : the case of Said Nursi /

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Imprint:Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Nursi, Said, -- 1873-1960.
Nursi, Said, -- 1873-1960 -- Political and social views.
Nursi, Said, -- 1873-1960
Nurculuk.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
Nurculuk.
Political and social views.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226485
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Other authors / contributors:Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M.
ISBN:9781409406198
1409406199
9781409406181
1409406180
9781409406174
1409406172
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book explores the theology and philosophy of the distinguished modern Muslim scholar and theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi [d.1960]. Nursi wrote in both Ottoman Turkish and Arabic and his life and thought reflected the transition of modern Turkey from an empire to a secular republic. The contributors to this volume shed new light on two major dimensions of Nursi's thought: theodicy and justice. Classical Muslim theologians debated these two important issues; however, we must consider the modern debate of these issues in the context of the radical political and social transformations of ...
Other form:Print version: Theodicy and justice in modern Islamic thought. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2010 9781409406181