Self-evident truths of reason': challenges to clear thinking in the Tafsīr al-kabīr of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Any invitation to probe the relationship between the nature of God and human violence done in God's name would seem to be welcome, whether extended by Muslims or by Christians. Medieval Muslim scholar Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī considered this question along with several other themes relevant to Chri...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2011]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2011, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-172 |
| Further subjects: | B
compulsion
B Authority B Violence B tawātur B al-Rāzī B Incarnation; tampering with scripture B Reason B substitution theory B deity of Jesus B Polemic B Taḥrīf B qur'anic exegesis B death of Jesus B Ambiguity |
| Summary: | Any invitation to probe the relationship between the nature of God and human violence done in God's name would seem to be welcome, whether extended by Muslims or by Christians. Medieval Muslim scholar Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī considered this question along with several other themes relevant to Christian-Muslim conversation in his massive commentary on the Qur'an. Analysis of his treatment of these themes reveals the unique patterns of al-Rāzī's exegetical method, along with both the freedom and the limitations of his rationality. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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