Al-Jāḥiẓ and religious knowledge : a forgotten Islamic rationalism /

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 hum...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Abdulsater, Hussein Ali (Author)
Other Authors:	Montgomery, James (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025].
Series:	Edinburgh studies in Islamic scripture and theology.
Subjects:	Jāḥiẓ, > -868 or 869. Islam > Doctrines. Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)