God and Logic in Islam: The Caliphate of Reason

by John Walbridge

Book Overview

This book investigates the central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life. Despite widespread characterization of Islam as a system of belief based only on revelation, John Walbridge argues that rational methods, not fundamentalism, have characterized Islamic law, philosophy and education since the medieval period. His research demonstrates that this medieval Islamic rational tradition was opposed by both modernists and fundamentalists, resulting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107641098
• ISBN13: 9781107641099
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"