Hussein Ali Abdulsater

Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology (eBook, ePUB)

al-Sharif al-Murtada and Imami Discourse

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to submit to this person; otherwise eternal damnation awaits them.While these claims may be interpreted as an affront to God's power, an insult to human judgment and a justification for despotism, Shi?i Muslims in the eleventh century eagerly adopted them in their attempts to forge a 'rational' religious discourse. They utilized everything from literary studies and political theory to natural philosophy and metaphysical speculation in support of this project. This book presents the contribution of al-Sharif al-Murtada (d. 1044) of Baghdad, the thinker most responsible for this irreversible change, which remains central to Imami identity. It analyzes his intellectual project and establishes the dynamic context which prompted him to pour the old wine of Shi?i doctrine into the new wineskin of systematic Mu?tazili theology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474425315
• Artikelnr.: 50401844

Autorenporträt

Hussein Ali Abdulsater is Associate Professor of Arabic Culture and Islamic Studies in the Department of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. His research is concerned with uncovering the historical roots and social contexts of major theological themes in Islam. It also traces the ethical and philosophical aspects of Islamic religious thought as expressed in humanistic disciplines such as historiography and literature. His publications include: - "A Jāḥiẓian Contribution to Reason in Islam? Revisiting al-Muḥāsibī's Mā ʾiyyat al-ʿaql, " Journal of the American Oriental Society, 142:1 (2022), 1-32. - Shiʿi Doctrine, Muʿtazili Theology: al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā and Imami Discourse (Edinburgh University Press, 2017). - "Reason, Grace and the Freedom of Conscience: The Period of Investigation in Classical Islamic Theology," Studia Islamica, 110:2 (2015), 233-262.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Life and Works
2. God and the World
3. Moral Theory and Divine Justice
4. Humans and the Origins of Religious Experience
5. The Imama and the Need for Moral Leadership
6. Prophethood and the Value of Divine Guidance
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index