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Auteur(s) : Kars, Aydogan
Titre(s) : Unsaying God [Texte imprimé] : negative theology in medieval Islam / Aydogan Kars
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-343 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Academy series
Lien à la collection : American academy of religion academy series
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 301-330. Index
What cannot be said about God, and how can we speak about God by negating what we
say? Travelling across prominent negators, denialists, ineffectualists, paradoxographers,
naysayers, ignorance-pretenders, unknowers, I-don't-knowers, and taciturns, Unsaying
God: Negative Theology in Medieval Islam delves into the negative theological movements
that flourished in the first seven centuries of Islam. Kars agrues that there were
multiple and often competing strategies for self-negating speech in the vast field
of theology. By focusing on Arabic and Persian textual sources, the book defines four
distinct yet interconnected paths of negative speech formation on the nature of God
that circulated in medieval the Islamic world. Expanding its scope to Jewish intellectuals,
Unsaying God also demonstrates that religious boundaries were easily transgressed
as scholars from diverse sectarian or religious backgrounds could adopt similar paths
of negative speech on God. This is the first book-length study of negative theology
in Islam. As an introductory work, it aims to encompass vast fields of scholarship,
and diverse intellectual schools and figures. Throughout, Kars demonstrates how seemingly
different genres should be read in a more connected way in light of the cultural and
intellectual history of Islam instead of considering them as different opposing sets
of orthodoxies and heterodoxies
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Negative theology in medieval Islam
Sujet(s) : Théologie négative -- Islam -- Doctrines religieuses -- Moyen âge
Dieu -- Existence -- Islam -- Doctrines religieuses -- Moyen âge
Indice(s) Dewey :
297.211 (23e éd.) = Dieu (islam)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190942458 (rel.). - ISBN 0190942452. - ISBN 9780190942472 (erroné). - ISBN
0190942479 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45777562f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45777562
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Table des matières : Introduction ; Path one. Double negation: Isma'ili apophaticism ; Path two. Necessarily
dissimilar: philosophical apophaticism ; Path three. "Yes and no": paradoxical apophaticism
and dialectical logic ; Path four. Against discourse: Amodal apophaticism ; Conclusion
; Bibliography.
