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Assadi, Nasrin Bani,

Freedom Revisited : A Comparative Theological Approach to the Question of Free Will in Islam / A Comparative Theological Approach to the Question of Free Will in Islam Nasrin Bani Assadi. - 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations. - Beiträge zur Komparativen Theologie ; 40 Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Beiträge zur Komparativen Theologie ; 40 Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is the Qur'anic notion of faith reconcilable with a modern notion of freedom? The present work is an attempt to examine the possibility of a positive response to this question. Inspired by transcendental philosophy as developed by Kant and Fichte and later elaborated by Hermann Krings, the author provides a reformulation of the notion of faith in the Qur'an as “transcendental affirmation”. It is argued in the book that faith in the Qur'an has to do with belief in transformation through affirmation, and that the lack of faith is associated with submitting oneself to systems of necessity and their immutability. It is obvious that in such a worldview there is hardly any place for freedom and for hope. Through the reformulation of the Islamic notion of faith as transcendental affirmation, the author has provided the possibility of speaking of transcendental freedom within the arena of Islamic Theology.


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ISBN: 9783657794690

Standard No.: 10.30965/9783657794690 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Theology and World Christianity.

LC Class. No.: BL80

Dewey Class. No.: 290