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Pemikiran Al-Maturidiyah Dalam Pemikiran Islam
Matudiridyah was known as a moderat school that aims to elaborate between the Mu’tazilah and Asyariyah School. It was established by its founder Abu Manshur al-Maturidi.
Abu Zar
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Prayer, Participation, and Perfection in Dante's Commedia
Abstract This article stands at the intersection of two theological moments: one recognizing the theological authority of Dante Alighieri, especially in his Commedia, the other examining the relation of the doctrine of prayer to the doctrine of God. It argues that Dante can inform modern theological reflection on this relation in a profound way.
Stephen C. Pepper
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Gods as Topological Invariants [PDF]
We show that the number of gods in a universe must equal the Euler characteristics of its underlying manifold. By incorporating the classical cosmological argument for creation, this result builds a bridge between theology and physics and makes theism a testable hypothesis.
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How does religion influence an emerging nationalism? Evidence from the Kurdish context in Turkey
Abstract Based on qualitative interviews with 66 Sunni Muslim Kurdish elites, this study reveals that Kurdish Islamic circles in Turkey are not monolithic, homogeneous or fixed. Some willingly or unwillingly maintain their Islamic identity as a primary reference point for self‐consciousness, motivation for collective action and political aspirations ...
Muttalip Caglayan
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Proceedings of the International Workshop “Islamic Peace Ethics: Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Contemporary Islamic Thought”, organized 15-17 October 2015 by the Institute for Theology and Peace (ithf), Hamburg.
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It is known that the word “kalam” means speech on the various objects of Islamic Theology according to the Qur’an and the reason. This is very important principle of Islamic Theology.
Özcan Taşçı
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Who belongs in South Africa? ‘Tapestry nationalism’ in the African National Congress
Abstract Perhaps more than any other organisation, the African National Congress (ANC) has defined who belongs in South Africa. Yet, how does the organisation imagine national belonging, and how has this developed? We explore these questions through a discourse analysis of the organisation's annual ‘January 8’ statements.
David Jeffery‐Schwikkard+1 more
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This article explores the themes of tradition and renewal in Islamic theology through a reading of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī's Fayṣal al-tafriqa bayna l-islām wa-l-zandaqa ("The Decisive Criterion for Distinguishing Islam from Heresy"), a classic work about ...
Tobias Andersson
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The Closing of the Muslim Mind
This book looks like a serious academic study in Islamic theology. It is divided into nine chapters that build on an overall argument and has a great number of endnotes, quoting Muslim sources and literature pro-duced in the field of Islamic studies. The
Frank Griffel
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Views from the East: changing attitudes to Venice in late Byzantium
Abstract This paper explores the changing attitudes towards Venice in late Byzantine texts. It argues that, along with the strengthening of political and cultural ties between Byzantium and Venice, the Byzantines' perspectives evolved from rejection to admiration. As scholars like Demetrios Kydones and Manuel Chrysoloras began to teach Greek in Venice,
Florin Leonte
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