جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "کلام اسلامی" در نشریات گروه "علوم اجتماعی"

Correct and accurate knowledge of the meanings of terms used in Islamic theology is one of the necessary prerequisites and preliminaries of any study and research on theological texts. Considering the conceptual changes and evolutions of many theological terms in different periods and schools, the study and reporting of semantic changes in the technical words of Kalām in the history of this branch of knowledge is of great importance. In this article, the two main meanings of the term "Jowhar" in Islamic theology are defined and explained, and the semantic evolution of the term in the process of transition of Islamic theology from Mu'tazilite discourse to philosophical discourse is represented.

Correct and accurate knowledge of the meanings of terms used in Islamic theology is one of the necessary prerequisites and preliminaries of any study and research on theological texts. Considering the conceptual changes and evolutions of many theological terms in different periods and schools, the study and reporting of semantic changes in the technical words of Kalām in the history of this branch of knowledge is of great importance. In this article, various meanings and definitions of one of the common terms of Kalam called "Akwān" are identified and introduced.

The book “Philosophy of Religious Thought in Islam and Christianity” in the field of theology is a comparison and compares the structure of Ash'ari Kalam and Catholic theology based on the reading of Thomas Aquinas. The authors of the book have first studied the structure of theological treatises and the origins of Catholic theology by referring to the place of Ash'ari Kalam in Islamic sciences and its historical evolution to be able to compare Ash'ari Kalam and Catholic theology at the level of origins and problem-solving methods. The strengths of this book include: providing extensive information on Ash'ari Kalam and Catholic theology, avoiding mere attention to apparent similarities between Ash'ari Kalam and Catholic theology, and attempting to achieve a common language as the main achievement of the comparison. Some of the weak points of this book are some undocumented explanations, point to some apparent similarities between Islamic Kalam and Protestant theology despite attempts to avoid it, biased judgments, failure to refer to all sources, and failure to follow some rules of the comparative method. Some of the weak points of this translating book are difficulty in reading some passages of the text, ambiguity in translating some sentences, overcoming Arabic idioms, and their lack of explanation.

The term "Ma‘nā" is one of the most important and key technical terms in the classical Islamic theology, which has been used extensively in various theological issues and discussions. Despite the importance and widespread use of this term in islamic theology, its meaning and concept has been involved with much ambiguity and obscurity, and its real meaning has become a controversial question in contemporary theological research. In response to this question, remarkable articles and research have been published so far, and various opinions and theories have been put forward about the meaning of the term. In the present article, in addition to a brief review of previous research on this issue, points are made about the meaning of this term and then the arguments of the believers in the theory of Ma‘ānī and the questions raised by the opponents of the theory are explained.

The series of essays published with the title “Ishārāt wa tanbīhāt (pointers and reminders)” is an opportunity to present various writings such as critical reviews, book reviews, and short communications and notes on the Islamic heritage, each of which is a short and independent essay on a specific and distinguished topic The fourth part of these essays consists of two critical and bibliographic articles. In the article "Considerations on Indivisible Component Entry in the Great Islamic Encyclopedia", some considerations and criticisms about the contents of this entry have been expressed. The second essay entitled "Two newly published essay collections on the theological cosmological argument" also briefly points out the publication of two new essay collections on the latest issues concerning the argument of contingency and eternity, and in particular the new reading of it by  William Lane Craig.

Each science has its own terminology and technical language, which is a tool for understanding the texts of that science.Dictionaries are an application tool for researchers. The dictionaries help the correct and quick understanding of these terms in order to co-ordinate with the scientific community and also help them in their further search.The subject of this article is the critique of the book of “the dictionary of the terminology of theology, the Islamic theology, the new theology, the religions”by Moslem Mohammadi, a graduate of the trend of theology and philosophy.So, while introducing the book in general, it refers to some of the structural and content characteristicand its positive and negative aspects.In a critical review, the book's articles were checked for the authenticity of the text, the accuracy of the documentation, and the amount of utilization of valid sources.We conclude that the book has some drawbacks in terms of its form, content, and the observance of the principles of the research method. So this book has not fulfilled its mission in explaining and describing some of the terminology of theology.Therefore, its totality can not be a reliable source for the selection of scholars.In the end, suggestions are made to overcome the shortcomings and enhance the work.

“Having a look at Kalāmi Writings” is a general title for a set of series of notes which are going to be published in order to define and re-introduce the heritage of Islamic theology. The author of these notes tries to introduce the important Kalāmi texts of various Islamic sects, especially Shia School, and study their different aspects. He also speaks of the structure and content of these texts; and explain about their place as well as their importance in the system of Kalāmi writings. Finally, he describes different editions of these texts and analyzes them. The author in his first article of the mentioned series is going to scrutinize Allāme Helli’s Nahj al-Mustashridīn fi Osūl al-Din and its explications.