Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law : : Debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya / / ed. by Birgit Krawietz, Georges Tamer.

A unique collection of studies, the present volume sheds new light on central themes of Ibn Taymiyya's (661/1263-728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (691/1292-751/1350) thought and the relevance of their ideas to diverse Muslim societies. Investigating their positions in Islamic theolog...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients : Beihefte zur Zeitschrift “Der Islam” , N.F. 27
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Physical Description:1 online resource (583 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Appropriation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
  • Section 1: Human Agency
  • Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought
  • Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion)
  • Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Manipulation of Sufi Terms
  • Section 2: The Career of Books
  • Ibn al-Qayyim’s Kitāb al-Rūḥ
  • The Relation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya to the Ḥanbalī School of Law
  • Screening Ṣiddīq Ḥasan Khān’s Library
  • Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in the “Lands Below the Wind”
  • Section 3: Philosophy
  • The Poison of Philosophy
  • The Curse of Philosophy
  • Section 4: Inclusion and Exclusion in Islamic Theology and Law
  • Against Islamic Universalism
  • Law and Order According to Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
  • Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Attitude Toward Christianity in Hidāyat al-ḥayārā fī ajwibat al-yahūd wal-naṣārā
  • Section 5: Creative Reception Outside the Arab World
  • Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya as Changing Salafi Icons
  • Ibn Taymiyya’s Worldview and the Challenge of Modernity
  • Bibliography
  • Index