Imām al-Haramayn al-Juwaynī on jadal: Juridical and theological dialectic in the fifth/eleventh century
[Thesis]
Mohammad Syifa Amin Widigdo
Jaques, R. Kevin
Indiana University
2016
295
Committee members: Afsaruddin, Asma; Martin, Richard C.; Miller, Richard B.; Schott, Jeremy M.; Walbridge, John
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-98725-5
Ph.D.
Religious Studies
Indiana University
2016
This is a contextual and textual study of Islamic dialectical reasoning (jadal) as formulated by Abū al-Ma'ālī al-Juwaynī (d. 478/1085), better known as Imām al-Haramayn al-Juwaynī, who was the leading jurist and theologian living in Nīshāpūr. The present study addresses two central questions: "why does Imām al-Haramayn develop jadal theory and apply it in his scholarly works?" and "how does jadal play a role in the integration between kalām (Islamic theology) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) that leads to the formation of Sunnī orthodoxy in the fifth/eleventh century?"
Religious history; Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern Studies
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Certainty;Fiqh;Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni;Islamic jurisprudence;Islamic theology;Jadal;Kalam;Sunni orthodoxy