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Author : Paul E. Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 1993-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521441292
The first book-length study of a leading tenth-century Ismaili theoretician Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani.
Author : Meʼir Mikhaʼel Bar-Asher
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004114951
An examination of the features and methods of Imami exegesis.
Author : Paul E. Walker
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781860642944
This work provides an overview of the contributions as a thinker of Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani, a 10th-century missionary whose writings reveal him as both a philosopher and an exponent of the intellectual understanding of Islam. The old problem of the meaning of science and religion and their interaction as reflected in the thought of an Ismaili author from the early Islamic period is now interpreted within the framework that brings together ideas and obscure doctrines surviving only piecemeal from medieval Arabic books and treatises.
Author : Heinz Halm
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Attempts to explain the bewildering events in the Middle East.
Author : Henry Corbin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135198888
First published in 1993. Published here for the first time in English, this highly important work by Henry Corbin, the Islamic scholar, philosopher and historian of religion, is a definitive interpretation of traditional Islamic philosophy from the beginning to the present day. In this authoritative volume, Corbin makes clear the great themes of the doctrinal and mystical vision of lslamic philosophy through a wealth of comparative parallels and in relation to the most profound currents of Western philosophy. In Part One, From the Beginning Down to the Death of Averroes, Corbin considers the Sources of Philosophical Meditation in Islam; Shi ism and Prophetic Philosophy; the Sunni Kalam; Philosophy and the Natural Sciences; the Hellenizing Philosophers; Sufism; Al-Suhrawardi and the Philosophy of Light, and the Andalusian Tradition. In Part Two, From the Death of Averroes to the Present Day, he examines Sunni Thought, the Metaphysics of Sufism, and Shiite Thought. Corbin's History of Islamic Philosophy is both an inspirational book and an essential work of reference, enabling readers to discover themselves the richness of this body of thought.
Author : Paul Ernest Walker
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Al-Sijistani, renowned Ismaili philosopher of the 10th century A. D., presents a theory of knowledge that accounts for the totality of the cosmos, which he sees as a macrocosm, and of humanity, its microcosm. The Arabic text is not included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Author : Hamid Dabashi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674262913
For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi’ism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of Shi’ism as a religion of protest—successful only when in a warring position, and losing its legitimacy when in power. Dabashi makes his case through a detailed discussion of the Shi’i doctrinal foundations, a panoramic view of its historical unfolding, a varied investigation into its visual and performing arts, and finally a focus on the three major sites of its contemporary contestations: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. In these states, Shi’ism seems to have ceased to be a sect within the larger context of Islam and has instead emerged to claim global political attention. Here we see Shi’ism in its combative mode—reminiscent of its traumatic birth in early Islamic history. Hezbollah in Lebanon claims Shi’ism, as do the militant insurgents in Iraq, the ruling Ayatollahs in Iran, and the masses of youthful demonstrators rebelling against their reign. All declare their active loyalties to a religion of protest that has defined them and their ancestry for almost fourteen hundred years. Shi’sm: A Religion of Protest attends to the explosive conflicts in the Middle East with an abiding attention to historical facts, cultural forces, religious convictions, literary and artistic nuances, and metaphysical details. This timely book offers readers a bravely intelligent history of a world religion.
Author : Najam Haider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1107031435
This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.
Author : Paul E. Walker
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 1999-12-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781860643217
Among the most outstanding Ismaili thinkers, Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani was at the forefront of the intellectual advances of his time and almost on a par with his famous contemporary, Ibn Sina, with whom he shared many philosophical ideas. His ideas on the intellect and the order of creation are a departure from those expressed by early Ismaili thinkers which he endeavoured to amend, thus providing insights into to early Ismaili debates about philosophical and scientific concepts. This book presents a systematic investigation of al-Kirmani's life and thought. It focuses on the principal themes of his writings: the nature of human recognition and veneration of God; an understanding of the cosmic order; and the repose and tranquillity of the intellect. The author also examines a number of problems in the biography of al-Kirmani, the affiliations between his metaphysical system of thought and those of al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, and the importance of his writings for the Ismaili da'wa during the late-10th and 11th centuries.
Author : Hannu Töyrylä
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004276890
An analysis of Megillat ha-Megalleh by Abraham Bar Hiyya (12th c.) as a complete text in its historical and cultural context, showing that the work - written at a time when Jews increasingly came under Christian influence and dominance – presents a coherent argument for the continuing validity of the Jewish hope for redemption. In his argument, Bar Hiyya presents a view of history, the course of which was planted by God in creation, which runs inevitably towards the future redemption of the Jews. Bar Hiyya uses philosophical, scientific, biblical and astrological material to support his argument, and several times makes use of originally Christian ideas, which he inverts to suit his argument.