Suffering in Mu'tazilite Theology : 'Abd al-Jabbār's Teaching on Pain and Divine Justice /

'Abd al-Ğabbār (d. 1024 AD) belonged to the Bahšamiyya branch of the Basra Mu'tazila. The Mu'tazilites upheld the principle of divine justice, and from this perspective they attempted to explain the existence of pain and suffering. This volume deals with 'Abd al-Ğabbār's opi...

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Main Author: Heemskerk (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2000.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 41.

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ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad al-Asadābādī, > -1025.

Motazilites > Doctrines.

theology > Islamic.

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