This comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d. 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine.
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Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of perpetual optimism
by Hoover, Jon
fromIslamic philosophy and theology
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Presents a comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism. This book exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological …
Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Worship, Religious Epistemology and Theological Jurisprudence -- Ibn Taymiyya as a Theological Jurist -- The Centrality of Worshipping God Alone -- The Correspondence of Reason and Revelation -- On Knowi…
This comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d. 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine.
The Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) is famous for polemic against Islamic philosophy, theology and rationalizing mysticism, but his positive theological contribution has not been well understood. This comprehensive study of Ibn Taymiyya's theodicy helps to rectify this lack…
This comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d. 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine.
Introduction -- I. Worship, religious epistemology and theological jurisprudence. 1. Ibn Taymiyya as a theological jurist -- 2. The centrality of worshipping God alone -- 3. The correspondence of reason and revelation -- 4. On knowing that God Exists and that he alone should be …