The Sufi doctrine of man
Subtitle: Ṣadr al-Dī̄n al-Qūnawī's metaphysical anthropology
By: by Richard Todd
Series: Islamic philosophy, theology and science -- Volume 90
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9789004271234; 9789004271265
Subjects: Theological anthropology; Islam; Sufis; Biography; Sufism
Description: The Akhbārī School dominated the intellectual landscape of Imāmī Shiʻism between the Seventeenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. Its principal doctrines involved a reliance on scripture (primarily the sayings or akhbār of the Shiʻite Imams) and a rejection of the rational exegetical techniques which had become orthodox doctrine in Imāmī theology and law. However, the Akhbārīs were not simple literalists, as they are at times portrayed in secondary literature. They developed a complex theory of exegesis in which texts could be interpreted, whilst at the same time remaining doggedly committed to the ability of the revelatory texts to provide answers to theological and legal questions arising within the Shīʻī community. This book is the first in-depth study of the intellectual development and historical influence of the Akhbārī School.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-222) and index.