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PROF Ayman Shihadeh's Outputs (45)

God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality (2024)
Thesis
Shehata, M. M. A. M. God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the intricate mosaic of twelfth-century Islamic philosophy, Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (d.c.560/1165) emerges as a pivotal figure whose unique perspective has yet to be thoroughly explored. This thesis reevaluates his theory of time, rooted in his... Read More about God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality.

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Ghūrid Self-Fashioning (2022)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2022). Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Ghūrid Self-Fashioning. Afghanistan, 5(2), 253-292. https://doi.org/10.3366/afg.2022.0095

This article investigates the intellectual production of the celebrated scholar Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210) during the decade or so he spent in the service of the Ghūrid sultans, from ca. 591/1195 to 602/1206. Operating exclusively within reli... Read More about Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Ghūrid Self-Fashioning.

Psychology and Ethical Epistemology: An Ashʿarī Debate with Muʿtazilī Ethical Realism, 11th-12th C. (2021)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2021). Psychology and Ethical Epistemology: An Ashʿarī Debate with Muʿtazilī Ethical Realism, 11th-12th C. Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies, 21, 81-102. https://doi.org/10.5617/jais.9573

This article examines a hitherto unstudied debate, turning on the epistemology of value judgements, between Ashʿarīs and Baṣran Muʿtazilīs of the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Al-Ghazālī and al-Rāzī countered Muʿtazilī ethical realism, here de... Read More about Psychology and Ethical Epistemology: An Ashʿarī Debate with Muʿtazilī Ethical Realism, 11th-12th C..

Kelâmda Mereoloji: Arazlardan Hareketle Kurulan Hudûs Delilinin Yeni Bir Okuması (Turkish translation of 'Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation', translated by Güvenç Şensoy) (2021)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2021). Kelâmda Mereoloji: Arazlardan Hareketle Kurulan Hudûs Delilinin Yeni Bir Okuması (Turkish translation of 'Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation', translated by Güvenç Şensoy). Kader, 19(1), 347-376. https://doi.org/10.18317/kaderdergi.909328

The objective of this article is twofold. First, it investigates mereology in medieval Islamic theology, particularly the theologians’ claim that the whole is identical to its parts and accordingly that at least some attributes common to the parts mu... Read More about Kelâmda Mereoloji: Arazlardan Hareketle Kurulan Hudûs Delilinin Yeni Bir Okuması (Turkish translation of 'Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation', translated by Güvenç Şensoy).

Secondary Causality In The Worlds Of Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī (2021)
Thesis
Moffatt S.J., J. Secondary Causality In The Worlds Of Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study builds on the work of Ayman Shihadeh, Bilal Ibrahim and Michael Noble, among others, and explores the place of secondary causality in scientific and theological accounts of the universe offered by the Ashʿarī philosopher-theologian, Fakhr... Read More about Secondary Causality In The Worlds Of Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī.

Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation (2020)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2020). Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation. Oriens: Journal of Philosophy, Theology and Science in Islamic Societies, 48, 5-39. https://doi.org/10.1163/18778372-04801002

The objective of this article is twofold. First, it investigates mereology in medieval Islamic theology, particularly the theologians’ claim that the whole is identical to its parts and accordingly that at least some attributes common to the parts mu... Read More about Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation.

Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ashʿarism East and West (2020)
Book
Shihadeh, A., & Thiele, J. (Eds.). (2020). Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ashʿarism East and West. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004426610

Philosophical Theology in Islam studies the later history of the Ashʿarī school of theology through in-depth probings of its thought, sources, scholarly networks and contexts. Starting with a review of al-Ghazālī’s role in the emergence of post-Avice... Read More about Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ashʿarism East and West.

Klasik Eş‘arî Antropolojisi: Beden, Hayat ve Ruh (Turkish translation of 'Classical Ash'ari Anthropology: Body, Life and Spirit', translated by Güvenç Şensoy) (2020)
Book Chapter
Shihadeh, A. (2020). Klasik Eş‘arî Antropolojisi: Beden, Hayat ve Ruh (Turkish translation of 'Classical Ash'ari Anthropology: Body, Life and Spirit', translated by Güvenç Şensoy). In R. Alpyağıl (Ed.), Din Felsefesi Açısından Eş’ari Gelen-Ek-i Klasik ve Çağdaş Metinler Seçkisi V (1125-1160). İz Yayıncılık

Al-Shaʿrānī’s Theological Defence of Ibn ʿArabī in Context (2020)
Thesis
Cheifetz, H. Al-Shaʿrānī’s Theological Defence of Ibn ʿArabī in Context. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research undertakes the investigation of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī’s (d. 973/ 1565) defence of Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ʿArabī’s (d. 638/ 1240) mysticism. It aims to clarify the theological project on which al-Shaʿrānī embarked in an attempt to promulg... Read More about Al-Shaʿrānī’s Theological Defence of Ibn ʿArabī in Context.

Al-Akhlāqiyyāt al-ghā'iyya 'ind Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic translation of The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī) (2020)
Book
Shihadeh, A. (2020). Al-Akhlāqiyyāt al-ghā'iyya 'ind Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic translation of The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī). Mominoun Without Borders

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الكتاب عبارة عن مقاربة تحليلية للفكر الغائى الأخلاقى عند فخر الدين الرازي، وهو في الأصل أطروحة دكتوراه قدمها المؤلف قبل سنوات بجامعة أكسفورد. وتروم هذه الدراسة إثارة الفضول إلى المزيد من البحث في فكر الرازي عموماً، باعتباره أحد أهم الباحثين في ا... Read More about Al-Akhlāqiyyāt al-ghā'iyya 'ind Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic translation of The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī).

Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy (2019)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2019). Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy. Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, 7(1), 61-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/2212943X-00701004

Avicenna’s Neoplatonic account of divine providence and theodicy was hugely influential on later philosophical and religious thought in the Islamic world. However, it was severely criticised by one of his earlier commentators, the theologian-philosop... Read More about Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy.

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's Commentary on Avicenna's Pointers : The Confluence of Exegesis and Aporetics (2016)
Book Chapter
Shihadeh, A. Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's Commentary on Avicenna's Pointers : The Confluence of Exegesis and Aporetics. In K. El-Rouayheb, & S. Schmidtke (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199917389.013.12

This chapter argues against the prevalent reductionist reading of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s criticism of Avicennan doctrines in his philosophical works as a mere theologically motivated refutation. It proposes that when read in context, his famous comme... Read More about Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's Commentary on Avicenna's Pointers : The Confluence of Exegesis and Aporetics.

Gazzâlî'den Râzî'ye: 6/12. Yy.'da Felsefî Kelâmda Yeni Gelişmeler (Turkish translation of 'From al-Ghazālī to al-Rāzī: 6th/12th Century Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology', translated by Bilal Taşkın) (2016)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2016). Gazzâlî'den Râzî'ye: 6/12. Yy.'da Felsefî Kelâmda Yeni Gelişmeler (Turkish translation of 'From al-Ghazālī to al-Rāzī: 6th/12th Century Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology', translated by Bilal Taşkın). Kader kelam araştırmaları dergisi, 14(1), 240-278

Turkish translation of 'From al-Ghazālī to al-Rāzī: 6th/12th Century Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology' (Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 15 (2005): 141–79).

Religious Readings of Philosophy (2016)
Book Chapter
Shihadeh, A. (2016). Religious Readings of Philosophy. In R. C. Taylor, & L. X. López-Farjeat (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy (412-422). Routledge