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Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Islamic Philosophy of Religion Essays from Analytic Perspectives

Edited By Mohammad Saleh Zarepour Copyright 2024
316 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume focuses on Islamic philosophy of religion with a range of contributions from analytic perspectives. It opens with methodological discussions on the relationship between the history of Islamic philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy. The book then offers a philosophical examination of some specific Islamic beliefs as well as some approaches to general beliefs that Islam shares... Read more

Introduction

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

PART I Methodology

1 What Can Contemporary Analytic Philosophy Do for the Historians of Islamic Philosophy?

Sajjad Rizvi

2 What Can the History of Islamic Philosophy Do for Contemporary Analytic Philosophers?

Anthony Booth

PART II Existence and Uniqueness of God

3 Kalām and Cognition

Mahrad Almotahari

4 God’s Existence and the Uniqueness Claim

Nazif Muhtaroglu

PART III: Attributes of God

5 Divine Power and Divine Knowledge

Edward Omar Moad

6 The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity Considered in Light of Averroes’s Conception of Divine Knowledge

Bakinaz Abdalla

PART IV: Miracles

7 The Metaphysics of Miracles: Avicenna on Natures and Prophetic Powers

Emann Allebban

8 Of Miracle of Miracles: An Introduction to the Qur’anic View of Miracle

Rouzbeh Touserkani

PART V: Faith and Its Obstacles

9 Faith, Knowledge, and Certainty: An Islamic Philosophy Perspective

Hamid Vahid

10 Islam and The Problem of Divine Hiddenness

Imran Aijaz

11 An Analysis of Some Problems of Evil from an Islamic Perspective

Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen

PART VI: Ethics and Morality

12 Islamic Philosophers' Idea of Heaven: A Moral Analysis

Amir Saemi

13 Towards Epistemic Justice in Islam

Fatema Amijee

PART VII: Science and Religion

14 Adam, Eve, and Human Evolution: Is There a Conflict?

Shoaib Ahmed Malik

15 Islamic Occasionalism within the context of Modern Religion and Science Debate

Ozgur Koca

Biography

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include medieval Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy mathematics, and philosophy of mind.

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