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.