Tubanur Yesilhark Ozkan

A Muslim Response to Evil

Said Nursi on the Theodicy

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Produktbeschreibung

While Christian approaches to the problem of evil have been much discussed, the issue of theodicy in Islam is relatively neglected. This book discusses possible solutions to theodicy and the problem of evil through the early philosophy and theology of Islam as well as through a semantic analysis of evil in the Qur'Ä?n. Reflecting on Said Nursi's magnum opus, the Risale-i Nur Collection (Epistles of Light), Yesilhark Ozkan puts Nursi's theodicy into discourse with so called 'secular' theodicy or 'anthropodicy'. Her study offers a fascinating new perspective on the problem of evil for scholars of comparative religion, philosophy of religion, and Islamic thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781472457752
• ISBN-10: 1472457757
• Artikelnr.: 44794432

Autorenporträt

Tubanur Yesilhark Ozkan holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Durham University. She graduated in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations (MA) from Hartford Seminary, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction. Part I Sharr in The Qur'an and in General Muslim Thought: The perspective of the Qur'
n on Sharr; Mainstream Muslim thought; Avicenna, Averroes and Al-Ghaz
l
on Sharr; As we approach the topic: oneness (tawh
d), being (wuj
d) and non-being ('adam), life after death. Part II The Nature of Sharr: The nature and definition of Sharr according to the Risale-i Nur; Why God creates Sharr; Human being's function in regards to Sharr. Part III The Moral Aspect of Sharr: The notion of the divine trust (am
nah); Free will (juz'
ikhtiy
r) and divine determining ( qadar); Existential theodicy in Nursi. Conclusion