Agnosticism - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Agnosticism - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Griffel, Frank

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059864
Doc. NO	:	ALei261
Main Entry	:	Griffel, Frank
Title & Author	:	Agnosticism - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Griffel, Frank
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,314 words)
Abstract	:	Agnosticism is the admission that the enigmas of God's existence and the effects of God's actions cannot be solved. An agnostic regards all transcendental knowledge as impossible. Although distinct from atheism, which assumes that there is evidence for God's non-existence, it has a similar attitude toward religion. Both regard faith in God as irrelevant or even as an abomination (Thomas H. Huxley, Collected essays , London 1893–5, 5:314). There is a moderate form of agnosticism that, while maintaining that the existence of God cannot be
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei261.pdf