Classical Islamic Theology: The Ash`arites: Texts and Studies on the Development and History of Kalam, Vol. III

Contents: Preface; Hearing and saying what was said; The science of Kalam; Moral obligation in classical Muslim theology; Can God do what is wrong?; Attribute, attribution, and being: three Islamic views; Two Islamic views of human agency; Knowledge and Taqlid, the foundation of religious belief in classical Ash'arism; The non-existent and the possible in classical Ash'arite teaching; The Ash'arite ontology I: primary entities; Bodies and atoms: the Ash'arite analysis; Al-Ahkam in classical Ash'arite teaching; Notes and remarks on the Taba'i' in the teaching of al-Maturidi; The autonomy of the human agent in the teaching of 'Abd al-Gabbar; Al-Ustadh Abu Ishak: an 'Akida together with selected fragments; Index.Frank, Richard M. is the author of 'Classical Islamic Theology: The Ash`arites: Texts and Studies on the Development and History of Kalam, Vol. III', published 2008 under ISBN 9780860789796 and ISBN 0860789799.