جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "islamic theology" در نشریات گروه "علوم اجتماعی"

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.

Studies in Medieval Islamic Intellectual Traditions, by Sabine Schmidtke and Hasan Ansāri, is a collection of articles written in the field of Islamic Studies, and specifically focuses on understanding Islamic intellectual currents. This book is a revised edition of a collection of papers each one of which has previously been published in journals, and now are alltogether republished in the form of an independent book. The articles in this book are an important part of numerousstudies the mentioned authors have over the past few decades carried out and published about Mu›tazila School and two related religions in the Islamic Middle Ages, named Imamiyya and Zaidiyya. The following paper is going to give a report of this book and its collection of articles.

This paper explores Allama Tabatabaee’s views on the status of women in his work known as Almizan. Allama Tabatabaee is a prominent contemporary Shia interpreter with a wide and profound impact, so his thought is of great importance. This study applies the theological theory of Fiorenza to Allama’s interpretation. As such, Allama’s view on women in his work Almizan is considered through the method of emancipatory critical hermeneutics. Based on this method, religion is qualified to provide answers to questions and problems of today’s individuals and one can explore theology to find out the factors that emancipate and empower women. Fiorenza’s theory indicates that all interpretations are biased and no interpretation is disinterested. With such a proposition, this paper explores Allama’s social theory in the realms of marriage, divorce and heritage, inspired by his theological insight. Allama, based on his theology, considers women as similar beings to men and equal to them in dignity and worth. However, his social theory diverges from his theological insights. He believes that men and women are naturally different and because of this, they have different social rights. Men based on their nature are active and wise, while women are passive and emotional. Allama suggests that men and women’s rights are related to their nature, and since men have more natural advantages, they enjoy more rights compared to women, as such, men have guardianship over women. A comparison of Allama’s theology and his social theory reveals 'heavenly woman', inspired by his theology, and 'earthly woman', emerging from his social theory. He talks about general man and woman because he views them as dependent on their natural conditions. However, in real world, particular individuals of men and women exist, individuals brought up in specific social, historical and cultural contexts.