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Record Nr.

UNINA9910684568903321

Autore

Harvey Ramon

Titolo

Transcendent God, rational world : a Māturīdī theology / / Ramon Harvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages)

Collana

Edinburgh studies in Islamic scripture and theology

Disciplina

181.07

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Bruce R Reichenbach -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Tradition and Reason -- 2 Rational Reality -- 3 Natural Theology -- 4 Divine Nature -- 5 Omniscience and Wisdom -- 6 Creative Action -- 7 Divine Speech and the Qur'an -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Arabic Terminology -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Ramon Harvey revisits the Muslim theologian Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) from Samarqand and puts his system, and that of the Māturīdī school, into lively dialogue with modern thought.