Overview
Ramon Harvey revisits the Muslim theologian Ab Manr al-Mturd (d. 333/944) from Samarqand and puts his system, and that of the Mturd school, into lively dialogue with modern thought. Combining rigorous study of Arabic Mturd texts with insights from Husserl's phenomenology and analytic theology, Harvey explores themes from epistemology and metaphysics to the nature of God and specific divine attributes (omniscience and wisdom, creative action, divine speech and the Qur'an). His systematic treatment of these topics shows that a contemporary Muslim philosophical theology, or kalm jadd, can be true to the past, yet dynamic in the present, and can provide original and constructive answers to perennial theological questions.
Full Product Details
Author: Ramon Harvey
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781474451659
ISBN 10: 1474451659
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 06 February 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Harvey'sTranscendent God, Rational World shows incredible facility in the nuances of Islamic theology and philosophy and argues for the unique and overlooked contribution of al-M?tur?d? and his later interpreters. By engaging with this original source material and bringing this tradition into dialogue with contemporary philosophy of religion, Harvey makes important contribution to Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, and the history of Islamic intellectual thought on reason, revelation, proofs of God's existence, and the divine attributes. What is even more exciting is how Harvey draws on this rich legacy to argue for the revival of Islamic theology in the 21st Century."" -Dr. Joshua Ralston, Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh"
""Harvey'sTranscendent God, Rational World shows incredible facility in the nuances of Islamic theology and philosophy and argues for the unique and overlooked contribution of al-M?tur?d? and his later interpreters. By engaging with this original source material and bringing this tradition into dialogue with contemporary philosophy of religion, Harvey makes important contribution to Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, and the history of Islamic intellectual thought on reason, revelation, proofs of God's existence, and the divine attributes. What is even more exciting is how Harvey draws on this rich legacy to argue for the revival of Islamic theology in the 21st Century."" -Dr. Joshua Ralston, Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh
Author Information
Ramon Harvey is Aziz Foundation Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Ebrahim College. He is the author of The Qur'an and the Just Society (EUP, 2017) and has published articles in Journal of Qur'anic Studies, Islamochristiana and International Journal for the Semiotics of Law.
