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Theological Rationalism in Medieval Islam: New Sources and Perspectives

Theological Rationalism in Medieval Islam: New Sources and Perspectives

Muehlethaler, L.
Schwarb, G.
Schmidtke, S.

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Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Book 258

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslam

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ISBN10: 9042934360
ISBN13: 9789042934368
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Dec 31 2018
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
The present volume comprises substantially revised and enlarged versionsof papers read at a conference convened in June 2010 by the ERC-Projectat the German Orient-Institut in Istanbul. Under the title TheologicalRationalism in Medieval Islam: New Texts and Perspectives, a group ofleading international scholars was invited to introduce important newkalam-texts that have not been the subject of previous studies orto explore new trajectories in studying known key-texts. While mostcontributions combine both aspects, they are divided into two groupsaccording to the predominating aspect. The first four contributionsintroduce hitherto unknown or unexplored texts and assess how these canmodify and expand our understanding of kalam. The second group ofcontributions applies novel methodologies in order to identify andinterpret historical and conceptual transformations that occurred withinkalam or resulted from its interaction with other disciplines.The question whether God can delay the elucidation of vague or unclearstatements raises a number of thorny theological questions. It is hopedthat the results of these presentations will have an impact beyond theirsubject matter in that their novel approaches will find their place inthe methodological toolbox of kalam scholarship, thus stimulatingwork that will further expand our knowledge of Muslim kalam.

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