TY - BOOK AU - Nusseibeh,Sari TI - The story of reason in Islam T2 - Cultural memory in the present SN - 9781503600584 AV - BP190.5.R4 U1 - 297.209 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Faith and reason KW - Islam KW - History KW - Islamic philosophy KW - fast KW - RELIGION / Islam / General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1359433 ER -