Attributes of God in Islamic Thought Contemplating Allah

The debate over Allah's attribute-the "nature" and the inner articulation of Allah-is one of the focal debates in the intellectual history of Islam. This edited collection aims to highlight and examine some aspects of this debate in their original context, based on the relevant primary literature.
By showing that even an apparently self-evident concept such as Allah, which lies at the heart of every reading of Islam, is highly ambiguous and polysemous, the chapters also emphasise the plurality that has always existed in Islamic thought. Through highlighting the philosophical and theological reflections on the concept of Allah, the results of this study challenge the juristic reading of Islam, in which Allah's function consists mainly in providing a detailed plan for the human life and also rewarding or punishing the ones who deviates from it. The book also attempts to demonstrate the relevance and the actuality of the tradition and to stress its contemporaneity.
This volume makes a significant part of the intellectual tradition of Islam accessible for students and scholars of Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Islamic studies and the like, as well as providing a secondary source for teaching on the debate in question.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Mansooreh Khalilizand (Editore)
• Autori: Mansooreh (University of Freiburg Khalilizand
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.07.2025
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9781032571591
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257159-1
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy
• Categorie: Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, Middle East, Theology, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Islamic Theology, Philosophy of religion, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy, Maturidi thought, philosophical theology Islam, plurality of Allah interpretations, divine attributes debate, medieval Islamic philosophy, kalam tradition