Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism
Biographical note
Jon Hoover, Ph.D. (2002) in Islamic Studies, University of Birmingham, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut. He has published articles on the theology of Ibn Taymiyya and Christian-Muslim comparative theology.
Readership
All those interested in Islamic philosophy, theology and jurisprudence, intellectual history in the Mamlūk Sultanate, backgrounds of contemporary Muslim theological debate, the philosophical problem of evil, and comparative theological studies.
Reviews
"....essential reading for all scholars working
on any aspect of Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, or on questions of free will and predetermination in Islamic tradition."
Yossef Rapoport,
Queen Mary University of London
on any aspect of Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, or on questions of free will and predetermination in Islamic tradition."
Yossef Rapoport,
Queen Mary University of London
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Worship, Religious Epistemology and Theological Jurisprudence
God’s Wise Purpose, Perpetual Activity and Self-Sufficiency
God’s Creation and God’s Command
God’s Creation of Acts in the Human Agent
The Wise Purpose and Origin of Evil
The Justice of God and the Best of All Possible
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Worship, Religious Epistemology and Theological Jurisprudence
God’s Wise Purpose, Perpetual Activity and Self-Sufficiency
God’s Creation and God’s Command
God’s Creation of Acts in the Human Agent
The Wise Purpose and Origin of Evil
The Justice of God and the Best of All Possible
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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