From the Divine to the Human - Contemporary Islamic Thinkers on Evil, Suffering, Global Pandemic

Featuring the work of leading contemporary Muslim philosophers and theologians, this book grapples with various forms of evil and suffering in the world today, from COVID-19 and issues in climate change to problems in palliative care and human vulnerability.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
About the Contributors
An Anthropocentric Approach to Evil
MUHAMMAD U. FARUQUE AND MOHAMMED RUSTOM
1 Remarks on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
2 The Existential Threat of Climate Change: A Practical Application of Avicenna's Theory of Evil
ROSABEL ANSARI
3 On Self-Knowledge, Divine Trial, and Discipleship
MUKHTAR H. ALI
4 Necessitated Evil: An Islamic Neoplatonic Theodicy From the Ismaili Tradition
KHALIL ANDANI
5 Seyyed Hossein Nasr's Metaphysical Theodicy
JUSTIN CANCELLIERE
6 Hume on Trial: Can Evil and Suffering Be Justified?
MUHAMMAD U. FARUQUE
7 Cultivating Prayerful Presence at the Bedside: From Mastery Towards Mystery
HINA KHALID
8 The Gifts of Suffering and the Virtues of the Heart
ATIF KHALIL
9 Cain, Systemic Evil, and Our Inhumanity
MARTIN NGUYEN
10 Practical Muslim Theodicy: A Ghazalian Perspective on Emotional Pain
JOEL RICHMOND
11 The Student and the Sage
MOHAMMED RUSTOM
12 Trials as Transformation in Islamic Chaplaincy
AILYA VAJID
13 Transformative Love Amid Suffering in Hilmi Ziya Ülken
TARANEH WILKINSON
14 Suffering as Metaphysical Narrative: Exploring an Islamic Theodicy of Authorship
CYRUS ALI ZARGAR
Index

About the author

Muhammad U. Faruque is Inayat Malik Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought and Cross-Cultural Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati.
Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam at Carleton University.

Summary

Featuring the work of leading contemporary Muslim philosophers and theologians, this book grapples with various forms of evil and suffering in the world today, from COVID-19 and issues in climate change to problems in palliative care and human vulnerability.

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad U. Rustom Faruque
• Assisted by: Muhammad U. Faruque (Editor), Mohammed Rustom (Editor), Rustom Mohammed (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032443423
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244342-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil, Middle East, RELIGION / Islam / Shi'a, Religion: general, Theology, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Islamic Theology, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy