Theodicy and justice in modern Islamic thought : the case of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi / edited and with an introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursi, Said, 1873-1960.

Nursi, Said.

Nursi, Said, 1873-1960--Political and social views.

Nurculuk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the theology and philosophy of the distinguished modern Muslim scholar and theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi [d.1960]. Nursi wrote in both Ottoman Turkish and Arabic and his life and thought reflected the transition of modern Turkey from an empire to a secular republic. The contributors to this volume shed new light on two major dimensions of Nursi's thought: theodicy and justice. Classical Muslim theologians debated these two important issues; however, we must consider the modern debate of these issues in the context of the radical political and social transformations of mo

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Editor's Introduction; 1 Theodicy and the Many Meanings of Adam and Eve; 2 Living Life in the Light of Death: A Conversation with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; 3 The Resurrection of the Dead and Final Judgment in the Thought of Said Nursi; 4 Proof of the Resurrection of the Dead: Said Nursi's Approach; 5 Death in Nursi's Thought; 6 La Siyyama: Nursi's Treatise on al-Hashr in Mathnawi al-Nuriye; 7 Resurrection in the Writings of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: Comparative Reflections with Christian Theology

8 The Resurrection of the Dead: Said Nursi and Jürgen Moltmann9 The Problem of Animal Pain: An Introduction to Nursi's Approach; 10 Justice, Morality, and Modernity: What Makes the Risale-i Nur Modern?; 11 Two Epistles of Consolation: Al-Shahid al-Thani and Said Nursi on Theodicy; 12 "Landscape and Melancholy:" Said Nursi, Dante Alighieri and the Contexts of Modernism; 13 Said Nursi's Approach to Justice and its Role for Political Reforms in the Muslim World; 14 Reflections on Prayer and Social Justice in the Thought of Thomas Merton and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

15 God's Justice in Relation to Natural Disasters16 Justice and Balance in Creation: Said Nursi's Analysis; 17 Nursi's Compassion and Kant's Categorical Imperative: Justice and Ethics in Building a Better World; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-88000-4

1-315-23642-7

1-282-65766-6

9786612657665

1-4094-0619-9

9781315236421

OCLC:

652653753