Title Islamic theological themes : a primary source reader / edited by John Renard

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents 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-ʿAlā al-Mawdūdī on the Verse of Light -- Theological Principles in Hermeneutics -- Ibn al-Jawzī on Exegetical Method -- Suyuṭī on the Occasions of Revelation -- ʿAbd 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 -- ʿAlī 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 Ashʿarī Creed -- Nasafī's Māturīdī Creed -- Ḥillī's Twelver Shīʿī/Muʿtazilī Creed -- Sayyid Aḥmad Khān's Modern Sunnī Creed -- Intra-Muslim Polemics in Practice -- ʿAlī 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-Ashʿarī's Vindication of Kalām -- ʿAbd al-Jabbār's Muʿtazilī Five Principles -- Theology's Foundation: Prophetic Revelation -- Avicenna on Assessing Claims to Prophetic Revelation -- Bāqillānī on Prophetic Miracle and Veracity -- Ṭūsī's Ismāʿīlī Views on Postprophetic Authority -- 6. Major Themes in Systematic Theology -- God Creating: Transcendent Unity, Ongoing Involvement with Creation -- Ibn al-ʿArabī 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 -- ʿAlī on the Vision of God -- ʿAbd al-Jabbār on God and Humanity in the Hereafter -- Theological Bookends: Cosmogony and Eschatology -- Wang Daiyu on Translating Tawḥīd into Chinese Traditional Terms -- Nuʿmānī 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 -- ʿAlī on Knowledge and the Spiritual Life -- Hujwīrī on Experiential Knowledge -- Theological Dimensions of the Spiritual Quest -- Ibn al-ʿArabī 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 -- ʿAṭṭār 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 ʿAbbād 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 Shīʿī 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 Ashʿarī 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 -- ʿAbd al-Jabbār's Muʿtazilī 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 -- ʿAbduh 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 Summary "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 introduced with a view to opening doors into the larger world of Islamic life, belief, and culture. From pre-theological material on the scriptural end of the spectrum, to the more practical material at the other, John Renard broadens our concepts of what counts as "Islamic theology," situating Islamic theological literature within the context of the emerging sub-discipline of Relational/Comparative Theology. Divided into five parts, students and scholars will find this collection to be an indispensible tool"-- Provided by publisher "Islamic Theological Themes comprises primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum. A comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation, this volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduced with a view to opening doors into the larger world of Islamic life, belief, and culture. From pretheological material on the scriptural end of the spectrum, to the more practical material at the other, John Renard broadens our concepts of what counts as "Islamic theology," situating Islamic theological literature within the context of the emerging subdiscipline of Relational/Comparative Theology. Divided into five parts, students and scholars will find this collection to be an indispensible tool"-- Provided by publisher Analysis allah anthology comparative theology divine freedom faith human responsibility islam islamic belief islamic culture islamic life islamic sacred texts islamic scholars islamic theology koran major world religions muhammad muslim primary sources prophet muhammad prophets qur an quran relational theology religious readers religious scholars religious study religious texts revelation from god sacred texts spiritual spirituality study of religion texts in translation theological literature theology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Islam -- Doctrines. RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology. RELIGION -- Islam -- General. Islam -- Doctrines Islamische Theologie Form Electronic book Author Renard, John, 1944- editor ISBN 9780520957718 0520957717 9781306802321 1306802326

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