Freedom Revisited : : A Comparative Theological Approach to the Question of Free Will in Islam / / Nasrin Bani Assadi.

• Superior document: Beiträge Zur Komparativen Theologie Series ; Volume 40
• VerfasserIn: Bani Assadi, Nasrin,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn, Germany : : Brill Schöningh,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Beiträge zur komparativen Theologie ; Volume 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)

Is the Qur'anic notion of faith reconcilable with a modern notion of freedom? The present work is an attempt to examine the possibility of a positive response to this question. Inspired by transcendental philosophy as developed by Kant and Fichte and later elaborated by Hermann Krings, the auth...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Part I
• Chapter 2. Foundations of a Transcendental-Philosophical Approach to Islamic Theology
• 2.1 A Brief Overview of Descartes' Rational Theology and a Critical Assessment of his Cogito Argument
• 2.2 The Anthropological Turn of Theology in Kant's Critical Philosophy
• 2.3 Kant and Descartes on the existence of the "I"
• 2.4 Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy
• 2.4.1 Introduction to Fichte's Concept of the Self-Positing "I"
• 2.4.2 The Primacy of Practical Reason in Fichte's Account of Subjectivity
• 2.4.3 The Formal Unconditionality of the "I" in Fichte's Account of Subjectivity
• 2.4.4 A Philosophical Challenge in Fichte's Account of Subjectivity?
• 2.4.5 Fichte's Developmental View of Self-Consciousness in Finite Beings
• 2.5 Hermann Krings' Transcendental Account of Subjectivity
• 2.5.1 Transcendental Reduction as an Alternative Method in Philosophy to Fichte's Transcendental Deduction
• 2.5.2 Retroscendence as the formal Structure of the "I" in Hermann Krings' Account of Subjectivity
• 2.5.3 Analysis of Freedom according to Hermann Krings
• 2.6 The Idea of God as Consummate Freedom
• 2.7 On the Relevance of Pröpper's Theological Anthropology to Islamic Theology
• Part II
• Chapter 3. Faith and Freedom in Islam
• 3.1 On the Notion of Faith in Classical Islamic Theology
• 3.2 On Different Understandings of 'aql and 'ilm in the Qur'an
• 3.3 On the Concept of īmān as Transcendental Affirmation
• 3.4 On the Meaning of Islam in the light of ḥilm-jahl Dichotomy
• 3.5 Final Thoughts on Faith and Freedom in Islam
• Chapter 4. The Sketch of a Qur'anic Anthropology Based on the Possibility of Friendship Between God and the Human Being
• 4.1 Khalīfah: Successor? Vicegerent? Imago Dei?.
• 4.2 God-Human Relationship in the Context of the Meccan Suras
• 4.3 God-Human Relationship in the Context of the Medinan Suras
• 4.4 Conclusive Remarks on Qur'anic Anthropology
• Chapter 5. Conclusion
• Bibliography.