The first major treatment of skepticism in Islam, this book explores the critical role of skeptical thinking in the development of theology in Islam. It examines the way key thinkers in classical Islam faced perplexing questions about the nature of God and his relation to the world, all the while walking a fine line between belief in God s message as revealed in the Qur an, and the power of the mind to discover truths on its own. "

Skepticism in Classical Islam" reveals how doubt was actually an integral part of scholarly life at this time. Skepticism is by no means synonymous with...