The writings of the medieval Islamic scholar Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) are used today by radical groups, such as al-Qaeda, to justify acts of terrorism. In order to explain this modern influence, this volume offers a freshperspective on Ibn Taymiyya's life, thought and legacy. Contrary to his current image as an anti-rationalist puritan, it argues that Ibn Taymiyya is one ofthe most intellectually complex, rigorous and interesting figures in Islamic intellectual history. INDICE: Foreword by the General Editor; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Ibn Taymiyya and His Times; Yossef Rapoport and Shahab Ahmed; Part I. Biography; 1.: Ibn Taymiyya wa-jam?'atu-hu: Authority, Conflictand Consensus in Ibn Taymiyya's Circle; by Caterina Bori; Part II. Theology; 2.: God Acts by His Will and Power: Ibn Taymiyya's Theology of a Personal God in his Treatise on the Voluntary Attributes; by Jon Hoover; 3.: The Qur'?nic Rational Theology of Ibn Taymiyya and his Criticism of the Mutakallim?n; by M. Sait Özervarli; 4.: Ibn Taymiyya's 'Theology of the Sunna' and his Polemics with the Ash'arites; by Racha el Omari; Part III. Hermeneutics; 5.: Ibn Taymiyyaand the Rise of Radical Hermeneutics: An Analysis of an Introduction to the Foundations of Qur'?nic Exegesis; by Walid A. Saleh; 6.: Human Choice, Divine Guidance and the Fitra Tradition: The Use of Hadith in Theological Treatises byIbn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya; by Livnat Holtzman; Part IV. Law; 7.: Ibn Taymiyya's Radical Legal Thought: Rationalism, Pluralism and the Primacyof Intention; by Yossef Rapoport; Part V. Shi'i and Christian Polemics; 8.: Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hill?: Shi'i Polemics and the Struggle for Religious Authority in Medieval Islam; by Tariq al-Jamil; 9.: Apologetic and Polemic in the Letter from Cyprus and Ibn Taymiyya's Jaw?b al-sahih li-man baddala d?n al-Masih; by David Thomas; Part VI. Legacy; 10.: From Ibn Hajar al-Haytam? (d.1566) to Khayr al-D?n al-?l?s? (d.1899): Changing Views of Ibn Taymiyya Amongst non-Hanbal? Sunni Scholars; by Khaled El-Rouayheb; 11.: The Sensitive Puritan? Revisiting Ibn Taymiyya's Approach to Law and Spirituality in Lightof 20th century Debates on mawlid al-nab?; by Raquel M. Ukeles; 12.: ; ModernInterpretations and Misinterpretations of a Medieval Scholar: Apprehending the Political Thought of Ibn Taymiyya; by Mona Hassan; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-547834-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés