Theodicy in Islamic Thought (eBook)

The Dispute Over Al-Ghazali's Best of All Possible Worlds

Eric Linn Ormsby (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5633-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds"e; and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari • Abu Talib al-Makki • adage • Al-Baqillani • Al-Batin • Al-Baydawi • Al-Dimashqi (geographer) • Al-Farabi • Al-Ghaib • Al-Ghazali • Al-Haqq • al-Hilli • Al-Jahiz • Al-Jubba'i • Al-Juwayni • al-Kindi • Al-Raghib al-Isfahani • Al-Shahrastani • al-Suyuti • Al-Zamakhshari • Anthropocentrism • Apotheosis • Ash'ari • Averroes • Barzakh • Burhan al-Din • Conceptions of God • Contingency (Philosophy) • divine command theory • divine law • Doctrine • etymology • Fakhr al-Din al-Razi • Free will in theology • God • Good and evil • Hadith • Hadith terminology • hikmah • Hujjat al-Islam • Hunayn ibn Ishaq • Ibn al-Salah • Ibn Arabi • Ibn Hajar al-Haytami • Ibn Hazm • Ibn Khallikan • Ibn Majah • Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya • Indian Philosophy • Islam • Islamic Studies • Isma'ilism • jeremiad • Justification (theology) • Kafir • Kashf • Muhammad • Muhammad al-Bukhari • Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi • Muslim • Muslim world • Naskh (tafsir) • Necessitarianism • Objectivity (philosophy) • Omnipotence • Omnipotence paradox • Omniscience • On the Origin of the World • Philosophy • predestination • Predestination in Islam • Principle of Sufficient Reason • Qadariyah • qadi • Qisas Al-Anbiya • Quran • Reductio ad absurdum • Religion • Risalah (fiqh) • Sahl al-Tustari • SCHOLASTICISM • Schools of Islamic theology • Sharia • Shia Islam • Shirk (Islam) • Sufism • Summa Theologica • Sunni Islam • Tahrif • Tawakkul • Tawhid • Theodicy • Theology • Theory of Forms • Theosophy • The Philosopher • The Sufis • Thomism • Western esotericism • Zakariya
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5633-7 / 1400856337
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5633-6 / 9781400856336