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the Place of Reason in 'Abduh's Theology: Its Impact on his Theological System and Views.

Reason is an important focus-word in 'Abduh's world-view and has a great influence on his theological system and views. Because of his position of ascribing great powers to reason and limited functions to revelation, his system and views are in glaring contradiction with those of the Ash'ariyah who have a distrust in the power of reason and great reliance on revelation. His system and views, on the other hand, greatly resemble those of the Mu'tazilah who have been well-known for their high appreciation of the power of reason and little reliance on revelation. With those of the Maturidiyah in both their Samarqandi and Bukhara branches, who adopt an intermediate position pertaining to the power of reason and the function of revelation, 'Abduh's theological system and views have many disagreements. Contrary to the prevalent opinion 'Abduh is neither an Ash'ari, nor a Maturidi, nor an eclectic. He is rather a Mu'tazili.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108885
Date January 1968
CreatorsNasution, Harun.
ContributorsIzutsu T. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageDoctor of Philosophy. (Department of Islamic Studies.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
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