Defenders of Reason in Islam: Mu'tazililism from Medieval School to Modern SymbolPreface Notes on Style Abbreviations 1 Introduction: A Tale of Two Texts 1 Pt. I 'Abd al-Jabbar and Classical Mu'tazilism 2 The Rise and Fall of the Mu'tazila in Premodern Islam 25 3 The Life and Works of Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar 46 4 A "Thick Description" of the Five Usul 59 5 Kitab Al-Usul Al-Khamsa (Book of the Five Fundamentals): A Translation 90 Pt. II Harun Nasution and Modern Mu'tazilism 6 The Persistence of Traditionalism and Rationalism 119 7 The Significance of Mu'tazilism in Indonesia 139 8 Harun Nasution's Defense of Mu'tazilism 158 9 Kaum Mu'tazilah dan Pandangan Rasionalanya (The Mu'tazila and Rational Philosophy): A Translation 180 Pt. III Mu'tazilism and (Post)Modernity 10 Modern and Postmodern Glosses on Mu'tazilism 199 11 The Implications of Modernity: Deconstructing the Argument 220 Glossary 232 Bibliography 235 Index 247. |
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Abbasid Abd al-Jabbar Abu Abdallah Abu Hashim Abu Rashid Ahmad ibn al-Ash'ari al-Basri al-Hasan al-Jubba'i al-Mughni al-Zamakhshari Allah Arabic argued Ash'ari Ash'ariya asked attributes Baghdad Bahshamiya Basra Buyid caliph chapter command commentary contemporary created discourse discussion dispute divine Egypt eternal Formative Period fundamentalism God's grave sinner Hadith Hanbali Harun Nasution Hellfire human ibn Hanbal Ibn Taymiya Imam Imami interpretation Islamic thought Islamicate society kalam Khawarij Kitab al-usul al-khamsa Madelung madhhab Madjid Manekdim Maturidi mihna modernist Mu'tazili Mu'tazili doctrine Mu'tazili kalam Mu'tazili mutakallimun Muhammad Abduh Muhammadiyah Murji'a Muslim Muslim intellectuals mutakallimun Nasution's non-Muslim opponents political position prohibiting evil Prophet Muhammad punishment Qadi Qadi Abd al-Jabbar Qadi's Qur'an Rahman rationalism rationalist Rayy religion religious revelation scholars Sharh al-usul al-khamsa Shari'a Shaykh Shi'a Shi'i social Sunna Sunni supercommentary Ta'liq Tabaqat taklif teachings theodicy theologians theological thinkers traditional traditionalist translated ulama umma unbeliever usul Western Zaydi