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Al-Māturīdī und die sunnitische Theologie in Samarkand

By Ulrich Rudolph

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
1996
ISBN
9004100237, 9789004100237
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15800171 bytes)
Series
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 30
Pages
396\206
Topic
Religion
Time added
2017-03-19 19:20:51
islamIslamic StudiesIslamische PhilosophieIslamische TheologieIslamwissenschaftMaturidiOrientalismOrientalismusPhilosophiePhilosophyReligious StudiesTheology

Description

Al-Māturīdī (d. 944 CE), the prominent ḥanafī scholar from Samarqand, succeeded in formulating a theological doctrine which is widely accepted in Sunnī Islam to this day. The present volume examines his teachings by describing their principal characteristics and situating them in the history of kalām.The first part investigates the development of ḥanafī thought in Transoxania before Māturīdī's time. The second part deals with the other religious groups (in particular the Mu‘tazilites) which emerged in this area during his lifetime. Part three shows how he explained and defended the position of his teachers. In doing so, he reformed their traditional views, thereby developing his own theology which then became the basis of a new tradition, viz. the Māturīdite school.

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