Defenders of Reason in Islam
Mu'tazililism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol
1st Edition
Published on 3. March 2016
268 pages
978-1-78607-024-1 (ISBN)
Description
This clearly written text explores the rational theology of Islam, the conflict between the "defenders of God" and the "defenders of reason", and the controversy's historical roots.
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English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
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0,61 MB
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978-1-78607-024-1 (9781786070241)
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Richard C. Martin | Mark Woodward | Dwi S. Atmaja
Defenders of Reason in Islam
Mu'tazililism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol
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Oneworld Academic
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Richard C. Martin is Emeritus Professor of Religion at Emory University. Mark R. Woodward, an anthropologist specialising in Islam in Indonesia, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Dwi S. Atmaja is Professor of Arabic at the Islamic University at Pontianak, Indonesia.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Notes on Style
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction: A Tale of Two Texts
- From the Project of Orientalism to the Fundamentalism Project
- 'Ilm al-kalam, the Discipline of Disputing Religion
- The Mu'tazila
- Rationalism and Traditionalism
- Reason, Revelation, and Doctrine
- Summary and Conclusion
- Notes
- Part I: 'Abd al-Jabbar and Classical Mu'tazilism
- 2. The Rise and Fall of the Mu'tazila in Premodern Islam
- The Beginnings of Kalam
- The Early Mu'tazila
- The Baghdad Branch and the Fall from Political Grace
- The Classical Age of Kalam
- The Ash'ari Madhhab
- Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar
- Greatness in Decline: 'Abd al-Jabbar's Pupils
- The Limited Survival of Mu'tazilism in the Central and Eastern Lands
- Notes
- 3. The Life and Works of Qadi 'Abd Al-Jabbar
- The Cultural Context of Mu'tazili Kalam
- A Modern Discovery of Mu'tazili Manuscripts
- The Biography of 'Abd al-Jabbar
- The Works of 'Abd al-Jabbar
- Notes
- 4. A "Thick Description" of the five usul
- Resisting the Text
- Outline of Text
- Summary of Text
- Notes
- 5. Kitab al-usul al-khamsa (Book of the Five Fundamentals): A Translation
- I. First Principles
- II. Divine 'Unicity
- III. Theodicy
- IV. Eschatology
- V. The Intermediate Position
- VI. Commanding the Good and Prohibiting Evil
- Notes
- Part II: Harun Nasution and Modern Mu'tazilism
- 6. The Persistence of Traditionalism and Rationalism
- The Revival of Traditionalism: Ibn Taymiya (d. 1328)
- The Political Enforcement of Traditionalism: Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1787)
- The Revival of Mu'tazili Rationalism in Modern Islam
- Theological Modernism: Shaykh Muhammad 'Abduh (d. 1906)
- Islanlic Traditionalism and Rationalism in South Asia
- Notes
- 7. The Significance of Mu'tazilism in Indonesia
- The Intellectual Background of Indonesian Modernism
- Contemporary Islam in Indonesia
- Reflecting on Islamic Rationalism, Past and Present
- Notes
- 8. Harun Nasution's Defense of Mu'tazilism
- Harun Nasution and Fazlur Rahman: Convergences and Divergences
- Harun Nasution: An Intellectual Biography
- The Literary Context of Nasution's Writing
- The Text of Kaum Mu'tazilah dan Pandangan Rasionalanya
- Outline of Text
- Textual Notes and Comparisons
- Notes
- 9. Kaum Mu'tazilah dan Pandangan Rasionalanya (The Mu'tazila and Rational Philosophy): A Translation
- I. The Problem of Major Sin
- II. The Rise of the Mu'tazila
- III. Mu'tazili Teachings
- IV. Conclusion: A Case for Modern Mu'tazilism
- Notes
- PART III: Mu'tazilism and (Post)Modernity
- 10. Modern and Postmodern Glosses on Mu'tazilism
- The Modernist Encounter with Traditionalism: The Work of Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988)
- Rethinking Islam: The Poststructural Interpretations of Mohammed Arkoun
- The Discourse against Islamic Irrationalism: Fatima Mernissi's Critique of Tradition
- The Renewal of Kalam: The Work of Hassan Hanafi
- Notes
- 11. The Implications of Modernity: Deconstructing the Argument
- Fundamentalism, Mu'tazilism, and Modernity
- The Rationalism/Traditionalism Debate in a New Key
- Other People's Texts
- Notes
- Glossary
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- Bibliography
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