On Pain and Suffering - A Qur''anic Perspective

Driven by a careful hermeneutical investigation of the Qur'an, this book provides an invitation to reevaluate the real meaning of pain and suffering and humanity’s lost divine merit as God's own representatives on Earth.

Sommario

1 Rethinking the Beginning of the Journey: An Earthly Dwelling, Not Exile
2 The Divine Assignment: The Divine on Earth
3 Rethinking the Divine Status of Humans: A Key to Solving the Problem of Evil
4 Rethinking the End of the Journey: Reevaluating Islamic Apocalyptic Literature

Info autore

Abla Hasan is associate professor of practice of Arabic language and culture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Riassunto

Driven by a careful hermeneutical investigation of the Qur'an, this book provides an invitation to reevaluate the real meaning of pain and suffering and humanity’s lost divine merit as God's own representatives on Earth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Abla Hasan
• Con la collaborazione di: Jonathan E. Brockopp (Prefazione)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793650054
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-005-4
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Lexington Studies in Classical and Modern Islamic Thought; Lexington Studies in Islamic Thought; Bloomsbury Studies in Islamic Thought
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Theology, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Social groups: religious groups & communities, The Koran (Qur’an), Relating to Islamic people & groups