Freethinkers of Medieval Islam

Ibn Al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr Al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11374-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This book endeavors to identify and define the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, in particular as exemplified in the figures of the two most notorious intellectual heretics, Ibn al-Rawandi (9th C.) and Abu Bakr al-Razi (10th C.).
The development of Islamic freethinking is analyzed on the background of the paramount importance of prophetology in Islam. The book examines the image of the freethinkers in Islam and its connection to the legacy of late antiquity, and to the traditions about Indian and Sabian religions. The last chapters examine repercussions of his phenomenon in various aspects of Muslim, Jewish and Christian medieval thought.
It is argued that, despite its rare occurrence, freethinking was in fact a pivotal Islamic phenomenon, which had a major impact on the development of Islamic thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stroumsa, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1984), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is currently a professor of Arabic and Jewish thought. She has published extensively on medieval intellectual history in Arabic, especially on Judeo-Arabic thought, including, most recently, The Beginnings of the Maimonidean Controversy in the East (Jerusalem, 1999).