Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: Ibn Al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr Al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sarah StroumsaSeries:Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and StudiesTheme:Religious Orientation/IslamicPublish date:3/11/2016Pages:262
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004315471ISBN-10:9004315470UPC:9789004315471Book Category:Religion, Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Islam, Islamic Studies, ReligiousSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCPXRS4T4B
Freethinkers of Medieval Islam focuses on the express denial of prophecy in the medieval Islamicate world. The development of Islamic freethinking is analyzed against the background of the significance of prophets in Islam. In her book, Sarah Stroumsa examines the image of freethinkers, and the repercussions of freethinking on Muslim, Jewish and Christian medieval thought. She argue that freethinking, as exemplified by figures like Ibn al-Rāwandī (9th C.) and Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (10th C.), was a pivotal phenomenon, that had a major impact on the development of Islamic thought. In the present context of religious violence carried out in the name of Islam, this book highlights the striking existence of independent freethinking in the world of Islam.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004315471ISBN-10:9004315470UPC:9789004315471Book Category:Religion, Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Islam, Islamic Studies, ReligiousSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCPXRS4T4B
Sarah Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1984), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor Emerita of Arabic Studies. She taught in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature and the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she served as the Rector of the University from 2008 until 2012. Her academic interests include the history of philosophical and theological thought in Arabic in the early Islamic Middle Ages, Medieval Judaeo-Arabic literature, and the intellectual history of Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain. She is the author of: Maimonides in his World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker (Princeton, 2010) and Dawud al-Muqammas, Twenty Chapters (Provo, Utah, forthcoming in 2016).
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