Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
Publisher: BRILL
Published: July 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789004158474
Subjects: Doctrinal theology; Social Science; Sociology; Islamic Studies; Islam; Religion & Spirituality; Theodicee.; Theodicy; gtt
Description: This comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d. 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine.