Ismāʿīlī Theology
Under the influence of Arabic Neoplatonism, the Ismā‘īlī branch of Shī‘ite Islam developed such a radical conception of the absolute transcendence of God that ‘theology’—in the sense of a ‘discourse about God’—becomes for them an impossible science. Overtly hostile to both Ashʿarism and Muʿtazilism,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The Oxford handbook of Islamic theology
Year: 2014 |
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