Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Islam - Theology

Der dritte im Rahmen der Julius-Wellhausen-Vorlesung erscheinende Band behandelt den Dschihad vornehmlich als historisches Phanomen. Van Ess erklart die gegenwartige Entwicklung nicht nur vom Koran und der Prophetentradition her, sondern auch als Ergebnis jahrhundertelanger Uberlegungen zur sachgemaen Interpretation des Begriffs. Da die heutige islamische Welt von westlichen Vorstellungen mitgepragt sei, liege die Vermutung nahe, dass in der gegenwartigen Verwirklichung des Dschihad westliche Handlungsmuster ebenso wie islamische Denkformen zum Ausdruck kommen.

Chittick draws upon the writings of towering figures such as Ibn al-'Arabī, Rūmī, and Mullā Ṣadrā, as well as other important, but...

Within the classical Islamic tradition, the field of Qur'anic exegesis, more commonly referred to as tafsir, occupies a revered place among the traditional Muslim sciences. Although tafsir encompasses various approaches to the explication of the Qur an and these include legal, theological, rhetorical, linguistic, mystical, literary, and philosophical treatments, it is the technical tools and methodologies applied in Qur anic exegesis and the history of their development which make the discipline so unique in its Islamic context.

Given the significance of tafsir within the religious...

A unique collection of studies, the present volume sheds new light on central themes of Ibn Taymiyya's (661/1263-728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (691/1292-751/1350) thought and the relevance of their ideas to diverse Muslim societies. Investigating their positions in Islamic theology, philosophy and law, the contributions discuss a wide range of subjects, e.g. law and order; the divine compulsion of human beings; the eternity of eschatological punishment; the treatment of Sufi terminology; and the proper Islamic attitude towards Christianity. Notably, a section of the book is...

Chittick draws upon the writings of towering figures such as Ibn al-'Arabī, Rūmī, and Mullā Ṣadrā, as well as other important, but...

The subject of "human free-will" versus "divine predestination" is one of the most contentious topics in classical Islamic thought. By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual contributions offered to this discourse by three key medieval Islamic thinkers: Avicenna, al-Gh z l and Ibn Arab .

Through investigation of primary sources, "Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought "establishes the historical, political and intellectual circumstances which prompted Avicenna,...

Conceiving Identities explores how medieval Muslim theologians appropriate a woman's reproductive power to construct a female gender identity in which maternity is a central component. Through a close analysis of seventh- through fourteenth-century exegetical works, medical treatises, legal pronouncements, historiographies, zoologies, and other literary materials, this study considers how medieval Muslim scholars map the female...