Shi'I Doctrine, Mu'Tazili Theology
Al-Sharif Al-Murtada and Imami Discourse
Seiten
2018
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4124-7 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4124-7 (ISBN)
A study of a little-known author al-Shar?f al-Murta?? whose views are still a major influence for Shi?i Muslims.
God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to submit to this person; otherwise eternal damnation awaits them.
While these claims may be interpreted as an affront to God's power, an insult to human judgment and a justification for despotism, Shii Muslims in the eleventh century eagerly adopted them in their attempts to forge a 'rational' religious discourse. They utilized everything from literary studies and political theory to natural philosophy and metaphysical speculation in support of this project. This book presents the contribution of al-Sharf al-Murta (d. 1044) of Baghdad, the thinker most responsible for this irreversible change, which remains central to Imami identity. It analyzes his intellectual project and establishes the dynamic context which prompted him to pour the old wine of Shii doctrine into the new wineskin of systematic Mutazili theology.
God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to submit to this person; otherwise eternal damnation awaits them.
While these claims may be interpreted as an affront to God's power, an insult to human judgment and a justification for despotism, Shii Muslims in the eleventh century eagerly adopted them in their attempts to forge a 'rational' religious discourse. They utilized everything from literary studies and political theory to natural philosophy and metaphysical speculation in support of this project. This book presents the contribution of al-Sharf al-Murta (d. 1044) of Baghdad, the thinker most responsible for this irreversible change, which remains central to Imami identity. It analyzes his intellectual project and establishes the dynamic context which prompted him to pour the old wine of Shii doctrine into the new wineskin of systematic Mutazili theology.
Hussein Ali Abdulsater is Assistant Professor of Arabic Culture and Islamic Studies at Department of Classics, University of Notre Dame.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.12.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-4124-6 / 1474441246 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-4124-7 / 9781474441247 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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