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Islamic theological themes : a primary source reader /
"Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduce...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. The Science of Interpretation: Reading The Sacred Sources
- 1. Qurʼān and Hadith
- Theological Themes in the Qurʼān
- 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 (Tafsīr) on the Throne Verse
- Interpreting the Verse of Light
- Avicenna on Metaphorical Meanings of the Verse of Light
- Ghazālī on the Similitudes in the Verse of Light
- Ṭabrisī on the Verse of Light
- Abū 'l-ʻAlā al-Mawdūdī on the Verse of Light
- Theological Principles in Hermeneutics
- Ibn al-Jawzī on Exegetical Method
- Suyuṭī on the Occasions of Revelation
- ʻAbd al-Jabbār on Rational Interpretation of Scripture
- Shāh Walī Allāh on the Causes of Abrogation
- Ayatollah Khuʼī on the Divine Miracle of the Qurʼān
- Part Two. The Science of Community: Mapping The Boundaries of True Belief
- 3. Muslim Awareness of Other Religious Communities
- Identifying and Evaluating the Beliefs of Others
- ʻAlī ibn Rabbān aṭ-Ṭabarī on Interpreting the Stories of Other Faiths
- Shahrastānī's Heresiography on Non-Muslim Communities
- Ibn al-Jawzī on the Devil's Deception of Jews and Christians
- Ibn Taymīya on Christian Alteration of Scripture
- 4. Creed and Polemic
- Creeds
- Ḥanbalī Traditionalist Creed
- Ghazālī's Ashʻarī Creed
- Nasafī's Māturīdī Creed
- Ḥillī's Twelver Shīʻī/Muʻtazilī Creed
- Sayyid Aḥmad Khān's Modern Sunnī Creed
- Intra-Muslim Polemics in Practice
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib on Heresy
- Ibāḍī 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
- Shahrastānī's Doxography of Muslim Schools
- Sālim ibn Dhakwān on the Murjiʼa
- Methodological Overviews
- Al-Ashʻarī's Vindication of Kalām
- ʻAbd al-Jabbār's Muʻtazilī Five Principles
- Theology's Foundation: Prophetic Revelation
- Avicenna on Assessing Claims to Prophetic Revelation
- Bāqillānī on Prophetic Miracle and Veracity
- Ṭūsī's Ismāʻīlī Views on Postprophetic Authority
- 6. Major Themes in Systematic Theology
- God Creating: Transcendent Unity, Ongoing Involvement with Creation
- Ibn al-ʻArabī on Divine Majesty and Beauty
- Ibn Taymīya on God's Perpetual Creativity
- Javanese Admonitions of Seh Bari on God's Perpetual Creativity
- God Revealing
- Ibn Qudāma on the Divine Voice
- Jāmī on God's Voice
- Mullā Ṣadrā on Divine Speech and Attributes
- Experiencing God Hereafter
- Bāqillānī on the Vision of God in the Next Life
- ʻAlī on the Vision of God
- ʻAbd al-Jabbār on God and Humanity in the Hereafter
- Theological Bookends: Cosmogony and Eschatology
- Wang Daiyu on Translating Tawḥīd into Chinese Traditional Terms
- Nuʻmānī 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
- ʻAlī on Knowledge and the Spiritual Life
- Hujwīrī on Experiential Knowledge
- Theological Dimensions of the Spiritual Quest
- Ibn al-ʻArabī on What Is Indispensable for the Spiritual Seeker
- Naṣīr ad-Dīn Ṭūsī on the Spiritual Quest
- Kemas Fakhr ad-Dīn on the Quest for Self and God's Oneness
- 8. Poetic, Pastoral, and Narrative Theology
- Poetic Theology and Theological Poetry.
- Sanāʼī on God's Attributes, Unity, and Anthropomorphisms
- ʻAṭṭār on the Valley of Experiential Knowledge
- Muḥammad Iqbal on "Secrets of the Self"
- Pastoral Theology: Talking and Teaching about God
- Rūmī on the Many Languages of God Talk
- Ibn ʻAbbād on Relating to God's Attributes and Names
- Narrative Approaches to Major Theological Themes
- Ibn Ṭufayl on Acquiring Knowledge of Divine Names and Attributes
- Najm ad-Dīn Dāya Rāzī on Muḥammad's Spiritual Finality
- A Shīʻī Narrative on the Spiritual Status of Fāṭima az-Zahrāʼ
- Part Five: The Science of Character and Comportment: Ethics and Governance
- 9. Ethics in Theory
- Divine Omnipotence, Human Freedom
- Ḥasan al-Baṣrī on Moral Responsibility
- Shaykh al-Mufīd on Divine Predetermination and the Battle of Ṣiffīn
- Theories of Moral Capacity and Responsibility
- Bāqillānī's Ashʻarī Perspective on Human Acquisition of Divinely Created Acts
- Bazdawī's Māturīdī Perspective on Moral Capacity
- Brethren of Purity on Divine Initiative, Human Responsibility, and Law
- ʻAbd al-Jabbār's Muʻtazilī View of Ethical Principles and Theodicy
- Classical and Modern Views of the Devil, Destiny, and Fate
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīya on God's Wisdom in Creating Iblīs
- ʻAbduh and Afghānī on Destiny and Fate
- 10. Ethics in Practice
- The Foundation of Ethics in Practice
- Juwaynī on Commanding the Good and Forbidding the Reprehensible
- Theologies of History: Contending Narratives of Early Muslim Governance
- Nawbakhtī on Divergent Views of the Imamate
- Bāqillānī on Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Imamate
- Theologies of Governance: Holding Up a Mirror to Kings and Sultans
- Ghazālī on the Larger Context of Islamic Governance
- Muḥammad Bāqir Najm-i Thānī on Justice and Discipline
- Social and Personal Ethical Guidance
- Ibn Ḥazm on Anxiety, Self-Knowledge, and Virtue.
- Ghazālī on Contentment with Divine Destiny
- Shāh Walī Allāh on the Ranks of Sin
- Mullā Ṣadrā on Forgiveness
- Notes
- Appendix: Synoptic/Comparative Table of Texts
- Acknowledgements of Permissions and Credits
- Index of Names of Persons
- General Index
- Index of Qurʼanic Citations.