The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Title | The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī PDF eBook |
Author | Ayman Shihadeh |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2021-08-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9047409000 |
Using hitherto unstudied sources, this monograph provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the ethical theory of al-Rāzī, one of the most complex and influential medieval philosophers and theologians. It reveals remarkable and previously unidentified aspects of ethical thought in Islam.
The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Title | The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi PDF eBook |
Author | A. Shihadeh |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 285 |
Release | |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 5872504659 |
The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr Al-Dمin Al-Rمazمi
Title | The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr Al-Dمin Al-Rمazمi PDF eBook |
Author | Ayman Shihadeh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Islamic ethics |
ISBN |
Sufism and Theology
Title | Sufism and Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Ayman Shihadeh |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2007-11-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0748631348 |
Sufism and Theology are two major currents in Islamic thought and religious culture, and over the centuries they have displayed immense diversity and intellectual richness. This book takes a flexible and inclusive approach to these trends, revealing both how Sufis approached theological traditions and themes and practised theology themselves, and how theologians approached different aspects of Sufism. Comprising chapters by leading specialists in the field, this volume is the first to explore the historically complex interface between these two major currents, highlighting key points of tension and interaction. Taking us through an array of subjects, including hermeneutics, psychology and metaphysics, light is shed on major intellectual trends and figures from the 12th century up to the modern period. These range from al-Hallaj, Ibn 'Arabi and Ibn Sab'in, to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ibn Taymiyya, Haydar Amuli and Ibn Kemal Pasha, from the Ottoman context to the Safavid, and from Sunnism to Shi'ism
Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering
Title | Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering PDF eBook |
Author | Jamal J. Elias |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 487 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004410120 |
Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering brings together studies that explore the richness of Islamic intellectual life in the pre-modern period.
Philosophical Theology in Islam
Title | Philosophical Theology in Islam PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2020-05-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004426612 |
Philosophical Theology in Islam studies the later history of the Ashʿarī school of theology through in-depth probings of its thought, sources, scholarly networks and contexts. Starting with a review of al-Ghazālī’s role in the emergence of post-Avicennan philosophical theology, the book offers a series of case studies on hitherto unstudied texts by the towering thinker Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī as well as specific philosophical and theological topics treated in his works. Studies furthermore shed light on the transmission and reception of later Ashʿarī doctrines in periods and regions that have so far received little scholarly attention. This book is the first exploration of the later Ashʿarī tradition across the medieval and early-modern period through a trans-regional perspective. Contributors: Peter Adamson, Asad Q. Ahmed, Fedor Benevich, Xavier Casassas Canals, Jon Hoover, Bilal Ibrahim, Andreas Lammer, Reza Pourjavady, Harith Ramli, Ulrich Rudolph, Meryem Sebti, Delfina Serrano-Ruano, Ayman Shihadeh, Aaron Spevack, and Jan Thiele.
Philosophising the Occult
Title | Philosophising the Occult PDF eBook |
Author | Michael-Sebastian Noble |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2020-11-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3110644614 |
Was it mere encyclopedism that motivated Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1210), one of the most influential Islamic theologians of the twelfth century, to theorize on astral magic – or was there a deeper purpose? One of his earliest works was The Hidden Secret (‘al-Sirr al-Maktūm’), a magisterial study of the ‘craft’ which harnessed spiritual discipline and natural philosophy to establish noetic connection with the celestial souls to work wonders here on earth. The initiate’s preceptor is a personal celestial spirit, ‘the perfect nature’ which represents the ontological origin of his soul. This volume will be the first study of The Hidden Secret and its theory of astral magic, which synthesized the naturalistic account of prophethood constructed by Avicenna (d.1037), with the perfect nature doctrine as conceived by Abū’l-Barakāt (d.1165). Shedding light on one of the most complex thinkers of the post-Avicennan period, it will show how al-Rāzī’s early theorizing on the craft contributed to his formulation of prophethood with which his career culminated. Representing the nexus between philosophy, theology and magic, it will be of interest to all those interested in Islamic intellectual history and occultism.