Theodicy and justice in modern Islamic thought : the case of Said Nursi / edited by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabiʻ.

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Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M

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9781409406198
1409406199

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theodicy and justice in modern Islamic thought.DDC classification:

297.2/118

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BP253.Z8 N8775 2010eb

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Contents:

Theodicy and the many meanings of Adam and Eve / Barbara Freyer Stowasser -- Living life in the light of death: a conversation with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi / Ian Markham -- The resurrection of the dead and final judgment in Said Nursi's thought / Thomas Michel, S.J. -- Proof of the resurrection of the dead: Said Nursi's approach / Şükran Vahide -- Death in Said Nursi's thought / Bilal Kuspinar -- l siyyam?: Nursi's treatise on al-hashr in Mathnawi al-nuriye / Lucinda Mosher -- Resurrection in the writings of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: comparative reflections with Christian theology / W. Mark Richardson -- The resurrection of the dead: Said Nursi and Jürgen Moltman / Leo D. Lefebure -- The problem of animal pain: Said Nursi's approach / Cüneyt M. Şimsek -- Justice, morality, and modernity: what makes the Risale-i nur modern? / Dale F. Eickelman -- Two epistles of consolation: al-Shahid al-Thani and Said Nursi on theodicy / Eric Ormsby -- "Landscape and melancholy": Said Nursi, Dante Alighieri and the contexts of modernism / Gareth Jones -- Said Nursi's approach to justice and its role for political reforms in the Muslim world / Leonid Sykiainen -- Reflections on prayer and social justice in the thought of Thomas Merton and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi / David R. Law -- God's justice in relation to natural disasters / Thomas Michel, S.J. -- Justice and balance in creation: Said Nursi's analysis / Bilal Kuspinar -- Nursi's compassion and Kant's categorical imperative: justice and ethics in building a better world / Ian Kaplow.

Summary: This book explores the theology and philosophy of the distinguished modern Muslim scholar and theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi [d.1960]. Nursi wrote in both Ottoman Turkish and Arabic and his life and thought reflected the transition of modern Turkey from an empire to a secular republic. The contributors to this volume shed new light on two major dimensions of Nursi's thought: theodicy and justice. Classical Muslim theologians debated these two important issues; however, we must consider the modern debate of these issues in the context of the radical political and social transformations of ...

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This book explores the theology and philosophy of the distinguished modern Muslim scholar and theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi [d.1960]. Nursi wrote in both Ottoman Turkish and Arabic and his life and thought reflected the transition of modern Turkey from an empire to a secular republic. The contributors to this volume shed new light on two major dimensions of Nursi's thought: theodicy and justice. Classical Muslim theologians debated these two important issues; however, we must consider the modern debate of these issues in the context of the radical political and social transformations of ...