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Islamic theological themes: a primary source reader

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eng

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Islamic theological themes: a primary source reader

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Oakland, CA

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University of California Press

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Includes bibliographical references )pages 401-421( and indexes

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edited by John Renard

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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 -- Tabrisi 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 -- Suyuti on the Occasions of Revelation -- Abd al-Jabbar on Rational Interpretation of Scripture -- Shah Wali Allah on the Causes of Abrogation -- Ayatollah Khu₾i 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 -- Ali ibn Rabban at-Tabari 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 -- Hanbali Traditionalist Creed -- Ghazali's Ashari Creed -- Nasafi's Maturidi Creed -- Hilli's Twelver Shii/Mutazili Creed -- Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Modern Sunni Creed -- Intra-Muslim Polemics in Practice -- Ali ibn Abi Talib on Heresy -- Ibadi 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 Murjia -- Methodological Overviews -- Al-Ashari's Vindication of Kalam -- Abd al-Jabbar's Mutazili Five Principles -- Theology's Foundation: Prophetic Revelation -- Avicenna on Assessing Claims to Prophetic Revelation -- Baqillani on Prophetic Miracle and Veracity -- Tusi's Ismaili Views on Postprophetic Authority -- 6 Major Themes in Systematic Theology -- God Creating: Transcendent Unity, Ongoing Involvement with Creation -- Ibn al-Arabi 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 Sadra on Divine Speech and Attributes -- Experiencing God Hereafter -- Baqillani on the Vision of God in the Next Life -- Ali on the Vision of God -- Abd al-Jabbar on God and Humanity in the Hereafter -- Theological Bookends: Cosmogony and Eschatology -- Wang Daiyu on Translating Tawhid into Chinese Traditional Terms -- Numani 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 -- Ali on Knowledge and the Spiritual Life -- Hujwiri on Experiential Knowledge -- Theological Dimensions of the Spiritual Quest -- Ibn al-Arabi on What Is Indispensable for the Spiritual Seeker -- Nasir ad-Din Tusi 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 -- Sana₾i on God's Attributes, Unity, and Anthropomorphisms -- Attar on the Valley of Experiential Knowledge -- Muhammad Iqbal on "Secrets of the Self" -- Pastoral Theology: Talking and Teaching about God -- Rumi on the Many Languages of God Talk -- Ibn Abbad on Relating to God's Attributes and Names -- Narrative Approaches to Major Theological Themes -- Ibn Tufayl on Acquiring Knowledge of Divine Names and Attributes -- Najm ad-Din Daya Razi on Muhammad's Spiritual Finality -- A Shii Narrative on the Spiritual Status of Fatima az-Zahra₾ -- Part Five -- The Science of Character and Comportment: Ethics and Governance -- 9 Ethics in Theory -- Divine Omnipotence, Human Freedom -- Hasan al-Basri on Moral Responsibility -- Shaykh al-Mufid on Divine Predetermination and the Battle of Siffin -- Theories of Moral Capacity and Responsibility -- Baqillani's Ashari 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 -- Abd al-Jabbar's Mutazili 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 -- Abduh and Afghani on Destiny and Fate -- 01 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 -- Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Thani on Justice and Discipline -- Social and Personal Ethical Guidance -- Ibn Hazm on Anxiety, Self-Knowledge and Virtue -- Ghazali on Contentment with Divine Destiny -- Shah Wali Allah on the Ranks of Sin -- Mulla Sadra on Forgiveness -- Notes -- Appendix: Synoptic/Comparative Table of Texts -- Acknowledgments of Permissions -- Index of Names of Persons -- General Index -- Index of Qur'anic Citations

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Doctrines ، Islam

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، RELIGION / Islam / Theology

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، RELIGION / Islam / General

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AU Renard, John 1944-