Unsaying God : negative theology in medieval Islam / Aydogan Kars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kars, Aydogan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Islam)--Proof--History of doctrines.

God (Islam).

Negative theology--Islam.

Negative theology.

Islamic countries--Intellectual life.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

By focusing on Arabic and Persian textual sources, this book defines four distinct yet interconnected paths of negative speech formations on the nature of God that circulated in medieval Islamic world. Expanding its scope to Jewish intellectuals, 'Unsaying God' also demonstrates that religious boundaries were easily transgressed as scholars from diverse sectarian or religious backgrounds could adopt similar paths of negative speech on God.

Contents:

Introduction

Path one. Double negation: Isma'ili apophaticism

Path two. Necessarily dissimilar: philosophical apophaticism

Path three. "Yes and no": paradoxical apophaticism and dialectical logic

Path four. Against discourse: Amodal apophaticism

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

0-19-094247-9

0-19-094248-7

0-19-094246-0