Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology: Al-Sharif Al-Murtada and Imami Discourse Contributor(s): Abdulsater, Hussein Ali (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474441246 ISBN-13: 9781474441247 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Shi'a - Religion | Islam - Theology - History | Middle East - Iraq |
Dewey: 297.834 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.83 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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Publisher Description: God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to submit to this person; otherwise eternal damnation awaits them. While these claims may be interpreted as an affront to God's power, an insult to human judgment and a justification for despotism, Shiʿi Muslims in the eleventh century eagerly adopted them in their attempts to forge a 'rational' religious discourse. They utilized everything from literary studies and political theory to natural philosophy and metaphysical speculation in support of this project. This book presents the contribution of al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 1044) of Baghdad, the thinker most responsible for this irreversible change, which remains central to Imami identity. It analyzes his intellectual project and establishes the dynamic context which prompted him to pour the old wine of Shiʿi doctrine into the new wineskin of systematic Muʿtazili theology. |