Fakhr-Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī And Thomas Aquinas on the Question of the Eternity of the World

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12480-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This volume examines the approaches of Fakhr-al-Din al-Razi (d. 1209) and Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) to the question of the eternity of the world, which was one of the most heated issues of debate between theologians and philosophers in the Middle Ages.
The first chapter of the book gives some background to the discussion from Greek philosophy, early Judaeo-Christian and Muslim traditions. The second and the third chapters discuss the approaches of Razi and Aquinas respectively to the question of the eternity of the world. The last chapter compares their approaches, brings out some similarities of their approaches between them as well as in relation to their own traditions, Islam and Christianity respectively.
The book tries to show that though they were theologians, both Razi and Aquinas were more in line with the philosophers than their fellow theologians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iskenderoglu, Muammer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine

Über Autor(innen)

Muammer Iskenderoglu, Ph.D. (2001) in Theology, Birmingham University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Philosophy at Sakarya University, Adapazari in Turkey.