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Edinburgh University Press Al-Ji & Religious Knowledge: A Forgotten Islamic Rationalism (Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology)

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While it may seem paradoxical to combine trust in rational religion with distrust of human reason, this is exactly what a group of understudied Muslim theologians proposed. Known as the Epistemists, they pushed for an inclusive epistemology that broadened the scope of knowledge. They argued that humans can acquire rational knowledge without discursive arguments, through an unconscious process of social exposure. In this, the Epistemists presented a radical alternative to other Islamic conceptions of rationalism, with immense promise for modern contexts. This book reconstructs a worldview prominent among the Epistemists, and explores how it correlates with their rise and fall as a theological trend. It examines the intellectual project of their premier advocate, al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 868-9), offering a systematic reading of his oeuvre as an Epistemist, and situates it in the formative ʿAbbasid moment of Islamic history.

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Brand: Edinburgh University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1399521977
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 May 2025
Listed Since: 29 August 2024

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