Ibn Taymiyya's theodicy of perpetual optimism /

Ibn Taymiyya's theodicy of perpetual optimism /

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. Exposition and...

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Main Author: Hoover, Jon.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 73.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223028.

Subjects:

Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, > 1263-1328.
God (Islam) > History of doctrines.
Good and evil > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islam > Doctrines.
Optimism.
Theodicy.

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Call Number: BP80.I29 H66 2007eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Worship, Religious Epistemology and Theological Jurisprudence
  • Chapter Two: God's Wise Purpose, Perpetual Activity and Self-Sufficiency
  • Chapter Three: God's Creation and God's Command
  • Chapter Four: God's Creation of Acts in the Human Agent
  • Chapter Five: The Wise Purpose and Origin of Evil
  • Chapter Six: The Justice of God and the Best of All Possible Worlds
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.