Texts and studies on the development and history of Kalam : the Mut́azilites and Al-Ashári.: the Mut́azilites and Al-Ashári. Early Islamic theology / Vol. II, (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Early Islamic theology
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: Richard M. Frank ; edited by Dimitri Gutas.
• Authors: Frank, Richard M
• Editors: Gutas, Dimitri
• Contents: Contents: Foreword; The metaphysics of created being according to Abu l-Hudhayl al-`Allaf; a philosophical study of the earliest kalam; The divine attributes according to Abu l-Hudhayl al-`Allaf; Several fundamental assumptions of the Basra school of the Mu`tazila; Al-ma`dum wal-mawjud: the non-existent, the existent, and the possible in the teaching of Abu Hashim and his followers; Abu Hashim's theory of 'states', its structure and function; Elements in the development of the teaching of al-Ash`ari; The structure of created causality according to al-Ash`ari: an analysis of the Kitab al-Luma`, §§ 82-164; Al-Ash`ari's conception of the nature and role of speculative reasoning in theology; Al-Ash`ari's Kitab al-Hathth `ala l-Bahth; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 297.209; Islam -- Doctrines -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000226409
• Related ISBNs: 9781000226249; 9781000226324; 9781003110385
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