Al-Qushayrī’s Teleological Theology

Badreldeen Ismail (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 204 Seiten

2025
De Gruyter (Verlag)
9783119149327 (ISBN)

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Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri's (d. 465/1072) theological oeuvres remain eclipsed by his celebrated achievements in Sufism, with prevailing scholarly assertions that he is a mere repeater of Asharite views and that his theology plays an apologetic role within al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya, anchoring its esoteric content to orthodoxy. Against this backdrop, the present study investigates al-Qushayri's theology, in the light of intellectual developments in the fourth-fifth/tenth-eleventh centuries. His views are critically analysed on prominent epochal issues across his three most voluminous theological creeds, Luma fi al-itiqad, al-Fusul fi al-usul and al-Risala. Key topics include God's attributes; His relationship with man; and epistemological concerns. The thesis argues that al-Qushayri's theology is, contrary to prevailing views, neither homogenous, nor entirely Asharite. It reveals that his variegated theology is shaped by teleological forces. Al-Luma shows a traditionalist bent, whereas al-Fusul is distinctly semi-rationalist. In al-Risala, he lays the foundations of a mystical theology that governs the Sufi schema, whilst simultaneously delimiting the relevance of Asharite doctrines to the mere confines of the masses.

Baldredeen Ismail, The Classical Institute, Birmingham, UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	Kalām Studies ; 7
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	427 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
Schlagworte	Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri • Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī • Abu-'l-Qasim al-Qusairi • Abu-'l-Qāsim al-Qušairī • Aschariya • Aschʿarīya • Asharite • Kalam • Sufism • Sufismus
ISBN-13	9783119149327 / 9783119149327
Zustand	Neuware