Early Islamic Theology: The Mu`tazilites and al-Ash`ari
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Abu Hashim states theory
Abu l-Hudhayl al-Allaf
Author_Richard M. Frank
Basra rationalism
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divine causality
early Mu'tazilite theological frameworks
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Islamic metaphysics
philosophical kalam analysis
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- ISBN 9780860789789
- Weight: 860g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the second of three volumes reprinting the collected papers on Islamic subjects by Richard M. Frank, Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of America. It brings together Franks's articles on early kalam, the Mu`tazilites, and the development of the thought of al-Ash`ari. The studies in this collection are of particular importance for the study of kalam, in that they represent an original attempt to make philosophical sense and understand the theoretical underpinnings of the foundational theological tradition in early Islam, the Mu`tazilite school of Basra. They focus, among others, on Abu l-Hudhayl al-`Allaf, al-Jubba`i, and al-Ash`ari, and include a critical edition and translation of the latter's al-Hathth `ala l-bahth.
Richard M. Frank is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, at the Catholic University of America, USA. Dimitri Gutas is Professor of Arabic and Graeco-Arabic at Yale University, USA.
