Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions

Abdelnour, Mohammed Gamal

Abstract

Muhammad abu Zahra was born on March 29, 1898, in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Following a traditional kuttāb education,² ‘he completed his secondary education at al-Ahmadi mosque in Tanta. In 1916, he entered the School of Shari’ah at al-Azhar in Cairo where he graduated in 1925. From 1932 to 1945, he held an appointment at the college of Usul al-Din, first as a teacher of rhetoric, then as a teacher of the history of religions, denominations, and sects.’³ At al-Azhar today, abu Zahra is looked at as a polymath who has written over a dozen books on different areas,...

Citation

Abdelnour, M. G. (2018). Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions. In J. Walters (Ed.), Religious Imaginations: How Narratives of Faith are shaping Today's World (101-114). Gingko. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77nx4.11

• Acceptance Date: Jul 18, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 7, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 26, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 26, 2019
• Pages: 101-114
• Book Title: Religious Imaginations: How Narratives of Faith are shaping Today's World
• ISBN: 9781909942202
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77nx4.11
• Related Public URLs: https://www.gingko.org.uk/title/religious-imaginations/