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Avicenna on the PSR and Causal Necessity in the Natural World

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Avicenna's account of causal necessity in the natural world is a key part of his metaphysical system and it is also historically significant. Yet, there is little scholarly discussion of the philosophical basis of his view. This is surprising not only because the topic is important, but also because the view is challenging to interpret ...
Kara Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
wiley   +1 more source

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL THEOLOGY IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY (A study of the thoughts of Mujiyono Abdillah and Robert P. Borrong) [PDF]

, 2018
Nafisah Nafisah
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Global Citizenship: The Role of Faith Communities in the Public Space [PDF]

, 2015
Article given as a public lecture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada 11 June ...
Junge, Martin
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
wiley   +1 more source

Review Article of Mourad, Suleiman Ali. 'Early Islam between Myth and History: Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 110H/728CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship' [PDF]

, 2009
Shah, Mustafa
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On the Difference in Meaning of the Words “Muslim” and “Islamic” [PDF]

, 2017
The article deals with the phenomenon of synonymy and two particular examples of synonyms, adjectives Muslim and Islamic. It gives an overview of the term “synonym” and of several existing classifications of synonyms. It proceeds with the analysis of two
Новоселова, А. Е.
core  

Cannabis, Religion, and Trust in the Medical Profession: A Cross‐Religious Study of Patients' Attitudes Toward Medical and Recreational Use in Northern Israel

Nursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite the global expansion of medical cannabis, limited empirical attention has been given to the sociocultural and religious factors shaping patient attitudes, particularly in multi‐faith societies. Israel provides a distinctive context for such examination, combining advanced medical cannabis regulation with substantial religious diversity.
Loay Zaknoun, Salman Zarka, Ygal Plakht, Orli Grinstein‐Cohen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Political Theology

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
The central idea within Islamic political theology is that sovereignty, or the authority of final judgment, in nature as well as law, belongs to God. At its heart lies God’s revealed command rather than a logically derived corollary of God’s nature or ...
Ovamir Anjum
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