scholarly journals The Challenge of Evil in Islamic Thought: A Brief Survey

Oriens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Sajjad Rizvi ◽  
Mathieu Terrier
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Abrahamic Religions

Abstract The challenge of evil to rational Abrahamic religions has clearly been articulated in modern philosophy of religion predicated on the incompatibility of the omnipotence, omnibenevolence, and omniscience of God with the existence of evils. Even within the Islamic theological and philosophical traditions, there is a venerable history of theodicies and defences of a good God and the efficacy of human free will. That is the context in which we wish to locate the contributions in this special issue that examine the ways in which evil is considered in Islamic philosophical accounts (particularly of the Šiʿi traditions) from the classical period to the present.

Free Will

Philosophy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Timpe
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of

Free will is a perennial issue in philosophy, both in terms of the history of philosophy and in contemporary discussions. Aspects of free will relate to a wide range of philosophical issues, but especially to metaphysics and ethics. For roughly the past three decades, the literatures on free will and moral responsibility have overlapped to such a degree that it is impossible to separate them. This entry focuses on contemporary discussions about the nature and existence of free will, as well as its relationship to work in the sciences and philosophy of religion.

scholarly journals CONCEPTS OF “POSSIBLE” AND “NECESSARY” IN H. CRESCAS' SECOND BOOK OF “LIGHT OF THE LORD”

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
VALERIYA V. SLEPTSOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Russian Philosophy ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Divine Omniscience ◽  
Main Work ◽  
History Of

This paper analyzes the concepts of “possible” and “necessary” in the philosophy of the medieval Jewish-Catalan philosopher and theologian Hasdai Crescas. The main work of Crescas is named “Light of the Lord” (“Or-ha-Shem”). It is still not translated into Russian. The ideas of Crescas are not spread widely in the Russian philosophy of religion and in the Russian history of philosophy. Meanwhile, Crescas is one of the most original Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages, who proposed, in particular, his own concept of combining divine omniscience and human free will. He developed this concept in the fifth section of the second book of “Or-a-Shem”. It is obvious, that this concept cannot be understood without a detailed analysis of Crescas’ understanding of the categories of “possible” and “necessary”. As a result of the analysis, it is concluded that within the framework of the concept proposed by Crescas both categories are coexisting. Crescas demonstrated this proposition by both philosophical and exegetical arguments...

scholarly journals Editorial

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. i-xii
Author(s):  
John L. Esposito ◽  
Imtiyaz Yusu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Great Scholar ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Culture Education

This special issue of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences onIsmail al Faruqi is prepared to honor the memory and contribution of ProfessorIsmail al Faruqi to the academia, the history of Islamic thought,and the development of the Muslim community (Ummah). Providing aperspective twenty-five years after Professor al Faruqi’s death, it providesthought-provoking papers relating of the person, mission, and intellectualjihad initiated by Professor al Faruqi.Ismail Raji al Faruqi (1921–1986) was a great scholar of Islam in moderntimes. His scholarship covered a broad spectrum of Islamic studies: thestudy of religion, Islamic thought, approaches to knowledge, history, culture,education, interfaith dialogue, aesthetics, ethics, politics, economics,science, and gender issues. He had indeed an encyclopedic knowledge, arare person among contemporary Muslim scholars.Ismail al-Faruqi laid the foundation for a new interpretation and analysisof the quintessence of tawhid and its relevance in various dimensionsof human life and thought. He also made unique contributions to the studyof Islam and its relevance to the contemporary age. In fact, many of hisunique contributions to Islamic scholarship remain especially relevant todayand have been carried on and extended by many of his former.Professor al Faruqi was a founder of “the school of Islamization ofknowledge,” which has been incorporated at several international Islamicuniversities. His school of thought, academic approach, and practice is alsobeing applied by hundreds of his students who are teaching and doing researchat different universities in all continents.This special issue of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences,revisits the intellectual legacy and continuing influence of Professor Ismailal Faruqi since his death ...

scholarly journals Editorial: E. J. Lowe’s Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Mihretu P. Guta ◽  
Eric LaRock
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Mind ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
John Locke ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Analytic Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Philosophical Logic ◽  
History Of

Edward Jonathan Lowe was one of the most distinguished metaphysicians of the last 50 plus years. He made immense contributions to analytic philosophy in as diverse areas as metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophical logic, history of Modern philosophy (especially on John Locke), and philosophy of religion

Reframing the Sciences of the Long Eighteenth Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Giuliano Pancaldi
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Eighteenth Century ◽  
Past Half

Here I survey a sample of the essays and reviews on the sciences of the long eighteenth century published in this journal since it was founded in 1969. The connecting thread is some historiographic reflections on the role that disciplines—in both the sciences we study and the fields we practice—have played in the development of the history of science over the past half century. I argue that, as far as disciplines are concerned, we now find ourselves a bit closer to a situation described in our studies of the long eighteenth century than we were fifty years ago. This should both favor our understanding of that period and, hopefully, make the historical studies that explore it more relevant to present-day developments and science policy. This essay is part of a special issue entitled “Looking Backward, Looking Forward: HSNS at 50,” edited by Erika Lorraine Milam.

Bernard Freydberg: A Dark History of modern Philosophy

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-317
Author(s):  
Dennis Vanden Auweele
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
History Of

Toward an Islamic Framework for Worldview Studies

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-43
Author(s):  
Abdelaziz Berghout
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Field Of Inquiry ◽  
Muslim Scholars

The paper examines the importance of designing a framework for studying worldviews within the parameters of contemporary Islamic thought. It briefly reviews both selected western and Islamic stances on worldview studies. The literature reveals that research on this topic and its application to different spheres has become a topic of some interest to many intellectual circles, particularly in the western context. Hence, the possibility of forming an Islamic civilizational framework for an inquiry into people’s worldviews needs to be assessed. This article follows a textual analysis and inductive approach to analyze the prospects of formulating an Islamic framework for research on worldviews and its applications. It concludes that western scholars have made considerable efforts in treating people’s worldviews as a field of study, while Muslim scholars have not. In this respect, many western researchers have contributed to developing worldview studies as a separate field of inquiry, including the history of concept, subject matter, objectives, kinds, methods, and applications. Therefore, the need to enhance the Islamic input and research pertaining to this field by introducing an Islamic civilizational framework and approach of inquiry becomes apparent.

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