Toshihiko lzutsu (T 91 4-1 993)
Born in Tokyo, he graduated from Keio University,Tokyo. He taught at Keio University [T 954-T 968) and ‘ i at Institute of Islamic Studies, l\/lcGlll University ‘ (Montreal, Canada) and the Royal institute of the Study of Philosophy [Iran]. He was Professor Emeritus of Keio University and a member of Japan Academy. He also translated the Qur’an into Japanese. His other works include: [in English) God and l\/lan in the Qur’an, Ethico-Re/igious Concepts .in the Qur’an, A Comparative Study of the Key Philosophical Concepts in Sufism and Taoism [2volumes] and The Concept and Reality of Existence; [in Japanese) History of Islamic Thought, Mystical Philosophy [2 volumes], Islamic Culture,Consciousness and Essence, Cosmos and Anti-Cosmos, and others.
THE CONCEPT OF BELIEF IN ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
‘Belief’ was historically the first and the most important of all the theological concepts in Islam, and it raised in the first few centuries oflslamic culture a number of problems of real significance. Some of them were literally problems of life and death to the growing Muslim community, as they are still today. By methodically analyzing these problems and the major concepts underlying them, this study throws light upon one of the most interesting phases of the history of Islamic thought. ‘The danger of the free practice of takfir‘, ‘the relation between lman and is/am’, ‘belief and knowledge’, ‘belief and work’ are some of the key concepts explored by the author in depth and analyzed in the light of earlier studies, such as the works of Imam Ghazali and Imam lbn Taymiyyah.
- ISBN’983—9l54-70-2
- Toshihiko lzutsu
- PUBLISHER: IIPH
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