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Nusseibeh, Sari,

The story of reason in Islam / Sari Nusseibeh. - 1 online resource. - Cultural memory in the present .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Arabian desert -- The daunting idea of God -- Free will and determinism -- The Qur'an : created or eternal? -- From Wasil to Ibn Hanbal -- Early Islam : literacy, conflict, and expansion -- Speculative discourse : a style -- Discourse : in pursuit of the ultimate answers -- Law and morality -- Al-Ma'mun and the devils' banquets -- The language-logic debate -- Back to the human will, and language -- Expanding the view -- An interlude : caliph, imam and philosopher-king -- Philosophy and politics -- The philosophers' "frenzy" -- Back to wine and logic -- Motion and light -- The nature of truth -- Fardajan and beyond -- The cosmos -- Cosmic lights -- Fast forward -- Language and reason : the dilemma.

ISBN: 9781503600584 1503600580

LCCN: 2016021294

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Faith and reason--Islam--History.
Islamic philosophy--History.
Faith and reason--Islam.
Islamic philosophy.
RELIGION / Islam / General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BP190.5.R4

Dewey Class. No.: 297.209