Freethinkers of Medieval Islam

Ibn Al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr Al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31547-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Freethinkers of Medieval Islam focuses on the express denial of prophecy in the medieval Islamicate world. The development of Islamic freethinking is analyzed against the background of the significance of prophets in Islam. In her book, Sarah Stroumsa examines the image of freethinkers, and the repercussions of freethinking on Muslim, Jewish and Christian medieval thought. She argue that freethinking, as exemplified by figures like Ibn al-Rawandi (9th C.) and Abu Bakr al-Razi (10th C.), was a pivotal phenomenon, that had a major impact on the development of Islamic thought. In the present context of religious violence carried out in the name of Islam, this book highlights the striking existence of independent freethinking in the world of Islam.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stroumsa, Sarah

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1984), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor Emerita of Arabic Studies. She taught in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature and the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she served as the Rector of the University from 2008 until 2012. Her academic interests include the history of philosophical and theological thought in Arabic in the early Islamic Middle Ages, Medieval Judaeo-Arabic literature, and the intellectual history of Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain. She is the author of: Maimonides in his World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker (Princeton, 2010) and Dawud al-Muqammas, Twenty Chapters (Provo, Utah, forthcoming in 2016).