A Muslim Response to Evil

Said Nursi on the Theodicy

Tubanur Yesilhark Ozkan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-59242-1 (ISBN)

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While Christian approaches to the problem of evil have been much discussed, the issue of theodicy in Islam is relatively neglected. A Muslim Response to Evil explores new insights and viewpoints and discusses possible solutions to theodicy and the problem of evil through the early philosophy and theology ofIslam as well as through a semantic analysis of evil (sharr) in the Qur’Än. Reflecting on Said Nursi’s magnum opus, the Risale-i Nur Collection (Epistles of Light), Tubanur Yesilhark Ozkan puts Nursi’s theodicy into discourse with so called ’secular’ theodicy or ’anthropodicy’, supported by scholars such as Newton, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant. Her study offers a fascinating new perspective on the problem of evil for scholars of comparative religion, philosophy of religion, and Islamic thought.

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.

Preface; Introduction. Part I Sharr in The Qur’an and in General Muslim Thought: The perspective of the Qur’ān on Sharr; Mainstream Muslim thought; Avicenna, Averroes and Al-Ghazālī on Sharr; As we approach the topic: oneness (tawhīd), being (wujūd) 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 (amānah); Free will (juz’ῑ ikhtiyār) and divine determining (qadar); Existential theodicy in Nursi. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	14.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-59242-0 / 1138592420
ISBN-13	978-1-138-59242-1 / 9781138592421
Zustand	Neuware