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The Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) is famous for polemic against Islamic philosophy, theology and rationalizing mysticism, but his positive theological contribution has not been well understood. This comprehensive study of Ibn Taymiyya’s theodicy helps to rectify this lack. Exposition and analysis of Ibn Taymiyya’s writings on God’s justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine show that he articulates a theodicy of optimism in which God in His essence perpetually wills the best possible world from eternity. This sets Ibn Taymiyya’s theodicy apart from Ashʿarī divine voluntarism, the free-will theodicy of the Muʿtazilīs, and the essentially timeless God of other optimists like Ibn Sīnā and Ibn ʿArabī.
Price: $196.00
Pages: 276
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
28 May 2007
ISBN: 9789004158474
Format: Hardcover
"....essential reading for all scholars working on any aspect of Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, or on questions of free will and predetermination in Islamic tradition." - Yossef Rapoport, Queen Mary University of London
Jon Hoover, Ph.D. (2002) in Islamic Studies, University of Birmingham, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut. He has published articles on the theology of Ibn Taymiyya and Christian-Muslim comparative theology.