A lost legacy of critical engagement :

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" A lost legacy of critical engagement : "
Sliti, Abdullah

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	807494
Doc. No	:	TLets685636
Main Entry	:	Sliti, Abdullah
Title & Author	:	A lost legacy of critical engagement :\ Sliti, Abdullah
College	:	Durham University
Date	:	2015
student score	:	2015
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
Abstract	:	This research aims to challenge a popular contemporary Traditionalist trend of intra-Muslim theological disengagement and isolation, which is justified by a conception of a puritan Traditionalist theology entirely hypothetically based on scripture and a utopian monolithic understanding of the first three generations of Islam (the Salaf). One of the many inevitable consequences of such a popular trend is one of intolerance and hence sectarianism. Intra-Muslim theological disengagement amongst modern Traditionalists and the problems therein will be challenged by proving that the theology of the Traditionalist scholar, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751/1350), whose work is a main reference for contemporary Traditionalists, is much indebted to his critical engagement and intra-Muslim dialogue with fellow non-Traditionalist theologians and philosophers. This will be evident in my analysis of Ibn al-Qayyim’s discussions on topics related to divine determination, which is a fundamental doctrine to Muslims. In fact, Ibn al- Qayyim successfully develops a compatibilist position of dual agency on the problem of free will and determinism, a traditionalist rational objectivism position in the debate on meta-ethics and a four-fold theodicy of optimism on the problem of evil. Ibn al-Qayyim’s theological developments evidently defy contemporary intra-Muslim theological disengagement and the conception of a puritan Traditionalist theology. At the core of this thesis is an implication which seeks to promote dialogue amongst contemporary Muslims and Traditionalist Islam.
Added Entry	:	Durham University