Islamic theology, philosophy and law : debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya / edited by Birgit Krawietz and Georges Tamer ; in collaboration with Alina Kokoschka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kokoschka, Alina.

Krawietz, Birgit.

Tamer, Georges.

Series:

Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients

Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; N.F. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanbalites--History.

Hanbalites.

Islam--Doctrines--History.

Islam.

Islamic law--History.

Islamic law.

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1292-1350.

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr.

Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, 1263-1328.

Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A unique collection of studies, the present volume sheds new light on central themes of Ibn Taymiyya's (661/1263-728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (691/1292-751/1350) thought and the relevance of their ideas to diverse Muslim societies. Investigating their positions in Islamic theology, philosophy and law, the contributions discuss a wide range of subjects, e.g. law and order; the divine compulsion of human beings; the eternity of eschatological punishment; the treatment of Sufi terminology; and the proper Islamic attitude towards Christianity. Notably, a section of the book is dedicated to analyzing Ibn Taymiyya's struggle for and against reason as well as his image as a philosopher in contemporary Islamic thought. Several articles present the influential legacy of both thinkers in shaping an Islamic discourse facing the challenges of modernity. This volume will be especially useful for students and scholars of Islamic studies, philosophy, sociology, theology, and history of ideas.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Appropriation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya / Kokoschka, Alina / Krawietz, Birgit

Section 1: Human Agency

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya's Thought / Özervarli, M. Sait

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) / Holtzman, Livnat

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Manipulation of Sufi Terms / Schallenbergh, Gino

Section 2: The Career of Books

Ibn al-Qayyim's Kitāb al-Rūḥ / Langermann, Y. Tzvi

The Relation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya to the Ḥanbalī School of Law / Melchert, Christopher

Screening Ṣiddīq Ḥasan Khān's Library / Preckel, Claudia

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in the "Lands Below the Wind" / Arif, Syamsuddin

Section 3: Philosophy

The Poison of Philosophy / von Kügelgen, Anke

The Curse of Philosophy / Tamer, Georges

Section 4: Inclusion and Exclusion in Islamic Theology and Law

Against Islamic Universalism / Hoover, Jon

Law and Order According to Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya / Belhaj, Abdessamad

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Attitude Toward Christianity in Hidāyat al-ḥayārā fī ajwibat al-yahūd wal-naṣārā / Schlosser, Dominik

Section 5: Creative Reception Outside the Arab World

Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya as Changing Salafi Icons / Böttcher, Annabelle

Ibn Taymiyya's Worldview and the Challenge of Modernity / Riexinger, Martin

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2013).

ISBN:

9783110285406

3110285401

OCLC:

859534271