Faith and Reason in Islam Averroes' Exposition of Religious Arguments

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• ISBN13: 9781851682638
• ISBN10: 1851682635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-30
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

Available for the first time in the English language, this is a complete andnnotated translation of a key work by the twelfth-century Muslim philosopher,verroes (Ibn Rushd).;Acknowledged as the leading transmitter ofristotelian th ought, Averroes also held controversial views about the reationship between faith and reason, arguing that religion should not bellowed to impose limits on the exercise of rational thought. His theory ofationality, along with others on language, justice and the interpretation ofeligious texts, is clearly presented here, in a work that provides the mostomprehensive picture available of Averroes's great intellectual achievements.

Author Biography

Ibrahim Najjar teaches philosophy and is Advisor to the Chancellor at the University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(15)
Majid Fakhry
On proving God's existence	16	(23)
On God's unity	39	(6)
On [God's] attributes	45	(9)
On the knowledge of Transcendence	54	(24)
On the knowledge of God's actions	78	(50)
The first question: on the creation of the world	78	(14)
The second question: on commissioning messengers	92	(13)
The third question: on divine decree and predestination	105	(10)
The fourth question: on divine justice and injustice	115	(6)
The fifth question: on resurrection and its modes	121	(7)
Conclusion: the canon of interpretation	128	(5)
Selected Bibliography	133	(5)
Index of Qur'anic Verses	138	(3)
Index	141