Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s) / edited by Wahid M. Amin, Aaron W. Hughe, Sajjad H. Rizvi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amin, Wahid M., editor.

Hughe, Aaron W., editor.

Rizvi, Sajjad H., editor.

Series:

Al-Mahdi Institute ; 2.

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Al-Mahdi Institute ; 2

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Islam).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume examines the rich and often contested discourse surrounding the belief in God’s oneness in Islam. Despite being a foundational tenet of faith, this doctrine has been the subject of intense debate across Islamic history, with scholars disagreeing on its precise nature, implications, and theological boundaries. Bringing together leading experts in theology, philosophy, and religious studies, this volume explores how different Islamic traditions have understood God’s uniqueness. It addresses key debates surrounding divine attributes, God’s relation to creation, and the problem of religious language, alongside the enduring tensions between philosophical reasoning and scriptural interpretations. The book also highlights intra-Muslim disagreements about the meaning of God’s oneness, from disputes between Sunni and Shia scholars to competing perspectives within kalām , legal thought and philosophical theology.

Contents:

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Contesting Monotheisms: A Judeo-Christian-Muslim Encounter

1. Religious Others and the Shaping of Orthodoxy in the Early Islamic Period

Aaron W. Hughes

2. The Influence of Christian Theology on the Development of Tawḥīd in Early Kalām

Romain Louge

3. On Religion: Ṣadrian Metaphysics as ‘Islam’s Argument’ ( Ḥujjat al-Islām ) against Henry Martyn

Sajjad H. Rizvi

Part 2: Sunnī Theological Perspectives on God and Monotheism

4. The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya

Jon Hoover

5. The Qurʾanic Argument for Monotheism: Controversies between al-Taftāzānī (d. 792/1390) and His Contemporaries

Syamsuddin Arif

Part 3: Shīʿī Theological Perspectives on God and Monotheism

6. Visions of Tawḥīd : Reconciling a Statement in the Twenty-Eighth Supplication of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya

Zoheir Esmail

7. Apophatic Tawḥīd : A Philosophical Account of Shīʿī Ismāʿīlī Theology

Khalil Andani

Part 4: Philosophical Perspectives on God and Monotheism

8. Mullā Ṣadrā and His Commentators on Ibn Kammūna’s Argument Against Divine Unity

Wahid M. Amin

9. Logico-linguistic Analysis of the Kalimat al-Tawḥīd : al-Rāzī vs al-Kūrānī

Yusuf Daşdemir

Part 5: Contemporary Perspectives on God and Monotheism

10. Divine Names for Interreligious Engagement

Celene Ibrahim

11. God as a Moral Agent: An Inquiry into the Nature of Divine Agency

Abolghasem Fanaei

12. Friendly (A)theism: A Philosophical-Theological Defence

S. Yaser Mirdamadi

13. Towards a Grammatical Approach to Monotheism: Unpacking Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Theological Perspective

Javad Taheri.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004770171

OCLC:

1600521267

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004770171 DOI