Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation - A Study of Darʾ Taʿāruḍ Al-ʿaql Wa-L-Naql

In Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation, Carl Sharif El-Tobgui offers a comprehensive analysis of Ibn Taymiyya's ten-volume magnum opus, Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql (Refutation of the conflict of reason and revelation), elucidating its author's foundational reconstitution of rationality through the multifaceted ontological, epistemological, and linguistic reforms he carries out.

About the author

Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, PhD (McGill University, 2013), is Associate Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies at Brandeis University. He has published on reason and revelation in Islamic theology and legal theory, including "From Legal Theory to Erkenntnistheorie" (Oriens, 2018).

Product details

• Authors: Carl Sharif El-Tobgui
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2019
• EAN: 9789004412859
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41285-9
• No. of pages: 458
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous