God and Logic in Islam: The Caliphate of Reason

di John Walbridge (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2013

This book investigates the central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life. Despite widespread characterization of Islam as a system of belief based only on revelation, John Walbridge argues that rational methods, not fundamentalism, have characterized Islamic law, philosophy and education since the medieval period. His research demonstrates that this medieval Islamic rational tradition was opposed by both modernists and fundamentalists, resulting in a general collapse of traditional Islamic intellectual life and its replacement by more modern but far shallower forms of thought. However, the resources of this Islamic scholarly tradition remain an integral part of the Islamic intellectual tradition and will prove vital to its revival. The future of Islam, Walbridge argues, will be marked by a return to rationalism.

• Autore: John Walbridge
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 228 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 340 gr.
• EAN: 9781107641099

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