
Islamic Philosophical Theology
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Leading Islamic scholars present eleven essays on the major themes of: The Greek Philosophical Tradition and Islamic Theology, Classical Islamic Theology and the Early Shi'a Movement, The Development of Philosophical and Mystical Theology, and Contemporary Research in Philosophical Theology and Science. Parviz Morewedge, in the introduction, brings into focus the relationship of the studies, many of which relate to philosophical and theological works available only in Arabic. Contributors: Abdurahman Badawi, Herbert Davidson, Richard M. Frank, Louis Gardet, George F. Hourani, Nicholas Heer, Wilferd Madelung, Ibrahim Madkour, F. E. Peters, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and Parviz Morewedge.
Parviz Morewedge, associate professor of philosophy at Baruch College of the City University of New York, has authored The Metaphysica of Avicenna, Philosophies of Existence, and Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism and has written numerous articles on medieval philosophy for scholarly journals.