Islamic theological themes : a primary source reader

Content: Machine generated contents note: Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Part One --
The Science of Interpretation: Reading the Sacred Sources --
1 Qur?an and Hadith --
Theological Themes in the Qur?an --
Transcendence: Divine Throne and Footstool --
Immanence: The Verse of Light and God\'s Anthropomorphic Features --
Revelation in Creation and through Prophets --
Divine Freedom and Human Responsibility --
Theological Themes in the Hadith --
Exegetical Hadiths --
Hermeneutical Hints in the Hadith --
2 Interpreting the Sacred Sources --
Varieties of Exegesis (Tafsir) on the Throne Verse --
Interpreting the Verse of Light --
Avicenna on Metaphorical Meanings of the Verse of Light --
Ghazali on the Similitudes in the Verse of Light --?abrisi on the Verse of Light --
Abu \'l-?Ala \'l-Mawdudi on the Verse of Light --
Theological Principles in Hermeneutics --
Ibn al-Jawzi on Exegetical Method --
Suyu?i on the Occasions of Revelation --?Abd al-Jabbar on Rational Interpretation of Scripture --
Shah Wali Allah on the Causes of Abrogation --
Ayatollah Khu?i on the Divine Miracle of the Qur?an --
Part Two --
The Science of Community: Mapping the Boundaries of True Belief 00 --
3 Muslim Awareness of Other Religious Communities --
Identifying and Evaluating the Beliefs of Others --?Ali ibn Rabban a?-?abari on Interpreting the Stories of Other Faiths --
Shahrastani\'s Heresiography on Non-Muslim Communities --
Ibn al-Jawzi on the Devil\'s Deception of Jews and Christians --
Ibn Taymiya on Christian Alteration of Scripture --
4 Creed and Polemic --
Creeds --?anbali Traditionalist Creed --
Ghazali\'s Ash?ari Creed --
Nasafi\'s Maturidi Creed --?illi\'s Twelver Shi?i/Mu?tazili Creed --
Sayyid A?mad Khan\'s Modern Sunni Creed --
Intra-Muslim Polemics in Practice --?Ali ibn Abi?alib on Heresy --
Iba?i Views on Associating with Muslims of Deficient Faith --
Part Three --
The Science of Divine Unity: Schools and Themes in Systematic Theology --
5 Theological Schools and Principles --
Divergent Schools of Thought --
Shahrastani\'s Doxography of Muslim Schools --
Salim ibn Dhakwan on the Murji?a --
Methodological Overviews --
Al-Ash?ari\'s Vindication of Kalam --?Abd al-Jabbar\'s Mu?tazili Five Principles --
Theology\'s Foundation: Prophetic Revelation --
Avicenna on Assessing Claims to Prophetic Revelation --
Baqillani on Prophetic Miracle and Veracity --?usi\'s Isma?ili Views on Postprophetic Authority --
6 Major Themes in Systematic Theology --
God Creating: Transcendent Unity, Ongoing Involvement with Creation --
Ibn al-?Arabi on Divine Majesty and Beauty --
Ibn Taymiya on God\'s Perpetual Creativity --
Javanese Admonitions of Seh Bari on God\'s Perpetual Creativity --
God Revealing --
Ibn Qudama on the Divine Voice --
Jami on God\'s Voice --
Mulla?adra on Divine Speech and Attributes --
Experiencing God Hereafter --
Baqillani on the Vision of God in the Next Life --?Ali on the Vision of God --?Abd al-Jabbar on God and Humanity in the Hereafter --
Theological Bookends: Cosmogony and Eschatology --
Wang Daiyu on Translating Taw?id into Chinese Traditional Terms --
Nu?mani on the Greater Occultation of the Twelfth Imam --
Part Four --
The Science of Hearts: Spirituality and Literature --
7 Knowledge and the Spiritual Quest --
Ways of Knowing: Acquired and Experiential --?Ali on Knowledge and the Spiritual Life --
Hujwiri on Experiential Knowledge --
Theological Dimensions of the Spiritual Quest --
Ibn al-?Arabi on What Is Indispensable for the Spiritual Seeker --
Na?ir ad-Din?usi on the Spiritual Quest --
Kemas Fakhr ad-Din on the Quest for Self and God\'s Oneness --
8 Poetic, Pastoral, and Narrrative Theology --
Poetic Theology and Theological Poetry --
Sana?i on God\'s Attributes, Unity, and Anthropomorphisms --?A??ar on the Valley of Experiential Knowledge --
Mu?ammad Iqbal on \"Secrets of the Self\" --
Pastoral Theology: Talking and Teaching about God --
Rumi on the Many Languages of God Talk --
Ibn?Abbad on Relating to God\'s Attributes and Names --
Narrative Approaches to Major Theological Themes --
Ibn?ufayl on Acquiring Knowledge of Divine Names and Attributes --
Najm ad-Din Daya Razi on Mu?ammad\'s Spiritual Finality --
A Shi?i Narrative on the Spiritual Status of Fa?ima az-Zahra? --
Part Five --
The Science of Character and Comportment: Ethics and Governance --
9 Ethics in Theory --
Divine Omnipotence, Human Freedom --?asan al-Ba?ri on Moral Responsibility --
Shaykh al-Mufid on Divine Predetermination and the Battle of?iffin --
Theories of Moral Capacity and Responsibility --
Baqillani\'s Ash?ari Perspective on Human Acquisition of Divinely Created Acts --
Bazdawi\'s Maturidi Perspective on Moral Capacity --
Brethren of Purity on Divine Initiative, Human Responsibility, and Law --?Abd al-Jabbar\'s Mu?tazili View of Ethical Principles and Theodicy --
Classical and Modern Views of the Devil, Destiny, and Fate --
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziya on God\'s Wisdom in Creating Iblis --?Abduh and Afghani on Destiny and Fate --
10 Ethics in Practice --
The Foundation of Ethics in Practice --
Juwayni on Commanding the Good and Forbidding the Reprehensible --
Theologies of History: Contending Narratives of Early Muslim Governance --
Nawbakhti on Divergent Views of the Imamate --
Baqillani on Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Imamate --
Theologies of Governance: Holding Up a Mirror to Kings and Sultans --
Ghazali on the Larger Context of Islamic Governance --
Mu?ammad Baqir Najm-i Thani on Justice and Discipline --
Social and Personal Ethical Guidance --
Ibn?azm on Anxiety, Self-Knowledge and Virtue --
Ghazali on Contentment with Divine Destiny --
Shah Wali Allah on the Ranks of Sin --
Mulla?adra on Forgiveness --
Notes --
Appendix: Synoptic/Comparative Table of Texts --
Acknowledgments of Permissions --
Index of Names of Persons --
General Index --
Index of Qur?anic Citations0.