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A four-volume study of the inter-relation between the theological teaching of Islam and that of the Christian Fathers and of mediaeval theologians.
A ground-breaking four-volume study of the inter-relation between the theological teaching of Islam and the theological content in the teaching of the Christian Fathers and of medieval theologians. The first two volumes contain a preparatory historical survey down to the close of Christian ascendancy in the Near East, presenting the student with a complete view of the whole theological position as it was at the end of the period. The second two volumes then comprise a study of the subsequent medieval developments.
A ground-breaking four-volume study of the inter-relation between the theological teaching of Islam and the theological content in the teaching of the Christian Fathers and of medieval theologians. The first two volumes contain a preparatory historical survey down to the close of Christian ascendancy in the Near East, presenting the student with a complete view of the whole theological position as it was at the end of the period. The second two volumes then comprise a study of the subsequent medieval developments.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 292
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Series: Library of Ecclesiastical History
Publication Date:
17 September 2002
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.51 in
ISBN: 9780227172001
Format: Hardcover
Part I, Volume 1
Foreword
Section One: Interrelations of Christianity and Islam
A. Relevant Historical Considerations
B. The Evidence of the Qur’an
C. Christianity and Muslim Tradition
D. The Christian Theological Background to Early Islam
Section Two: The Introduction of Philosophy into Islam
A. The Translators and Their Work
B. The Shorter Theology of Ibn Miskawaith
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Passages from the Qur’an
Arabic and Persian Words and Phrases
Latin Words and Phrases
Hebrew Words and Phrases
Greek Words and Phrases
Arabic Names for God
Part I, Volume 2
The Theological Position at the Close of the Period of Christian Ascendency in the Near East
Introduction
A. The Being and Attributes of God
B. The Grace of God
C. Meditation
D. Logos Doctrine, Prophecy and Scripture
E. The Ordering of the Universe
F. The World and Man
G. Sin, Salvation and Judgement
Conclusion
Appendices:
1. Terms Used in Christological and Trinitarian Statements
2. Abrogation in the Qur’an
3. Analysis of the Vocabulary of the Qur’an on the Divine Will and Purpose
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Index of Quranic References
Index of Latin Words and Phrases
Index of Greek Words and Phrases
Index of Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac Words
Index of Arabic and Persian Words and Phrases
Full List of Contents (Part I, Volumes 1 and 2)
Part II, Volume 1
Foreword to Part II
Introduction
I. The Eastern Church and Islam
II. The Survival of Learning in the West
III. The Latin West and Islam
IV. The Quest for a New Understanding
V. Polemical Climax
Conclusion
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Index of Quranic References
Index of Latin Words and Phrases
Index of Arabic Words and Phrases
Part II, Volume 2
Foreword
Introduction
A. An Outline of the Growth of Kalam in Islam
B. The Emergence of Ash’arite Orthodoxy and its Maturity in Al Ghazzali
C. The Philosophical Criticism of Kalam – Ibn Rushd
D. An Introduction to the Comparable Basic Ideas in Islam and Christian Scholasticism
Conclusions
Indexes
Subjects
Proper Names
Authors and Books
Quranic References
Arabic Words and Phrases
Latin Words and Phrases
Greek Words and Phrases
Foreword
Section One: Interrelations of Christianity and Islam
A. Relevant Historical Considerations
B. The Evidence of the Qur’an
C. Christianity and Muslim Tradition
D. The Christian Theological Background to Early Islam
Section Two: The Introduction of Philosophy into Islam
A. The Translators and Their Work
B. The Shorter Theology of Ibn Miskawaith
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Passages from the Qur’an
Arabic and Persian Words and Phrases
Latin Words and Phrases
Hebrew Words and Phrases
Greek Words and Phrases
Arabic Names for God
Part I, Volume 2
The Theological Position at the Close of the Period of Christian Ascendency in the Near East
Introduction
A. The Being and Attributes of God
B. The Grace of God
C. Meditation
D. Logos Doctrine, Prophecy and Scripture
E. The Ordering of the Universe
F. The World and Man
G. Sin, Salvation and Judgement
Conclusion
Appendices:
1. Terms Used in Christological and Trinitarian Statements
2. Abrogation in the Qur’an
3. Analysis of the Vocabulary of the Qur’an on the Divine Will and Purpose
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Index of Quranic References
Index of Latin Words and Phrases
Index of Greek Words and Phrases
Index of Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac Words
Index of Arabic and Persian Words and Phrases
Full List of Contents (Part I, Volumes 1 and 2)
Part II, Volume 1
Foreword to Part II
Introduction
I. The Eastern Church and Islam
II. The Survival of Learning in the West
III. The Latin West and Islam
IV. The Quest for a New Understanding
V. Polemical Climax
Conclusion
Index of Subjects
Index of Proper Names
Index of Authors and Books
Index of Scriptural Passages
Index of Quranic References
Index of Latin Words and Phrases
Index of Arabic Words and Phrases
Part II, Volume 2
Foreword
Introduction
A. An Outline of the Growth of Kalam in Islam
B. The Emergence of Ash’arite Orthodoxy and its Maturity in Al Ghazzali
C. The Philosophical Criticism of Kalam – Ibn Rushd
D. An Introduction to the Comparable Basic Ideas in Islam and Christian Scholasticism
Conclusions
Indexes
Subjects
Proper Names
Authors and Books
Quranic References
Arabic Words and Phrases
Latin Words and Phrases
Greek Words and Phrases