Occasionalism Revisited: New Essays from the Islamic and Western Philosophical Traditions

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 Sep, 2017 | Books, Publications, Research, Science

Available on: Amazon Occasionalism is commonly understood as a theory that ascribes all causal power to God, while treating cause-effect relations in nature as customary events or occasions determined by divine volition. Commonly misapprehended as originating in...

Two Treatises on Human Action (Arabic)

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 Sep, 2017 | Books, Publications, Research, Science

Available soon on: Jamalon One of the most fundamental cruces in Islamic scholastic theology (kalam) and philosophy is the problematic nature of human action, free will, and moral agency.  This book brings together two critical texts that tackle this crux by a...

Responsa: Philosophical and Theological Reflections (Arabic)

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 Sep, 2017 | Books, Islamic Analytic Theology, Publications, Research, Science

Available soon on: Jamalon The Responsa is a collection of essays authored by Sheikh Saeed Foudeh.  The subjects investigated in these essays varies from Maturidi and Mu’tazili theology, the problematic nature of Corporatism and Anthropomorphism...

Two Glosses on Sadr al-Sharia’s Prolegomena (Arabic)

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 Sep, 2017 | Books, Islamic Analytic Theology, Publications, Research, Science

Available soon on: Jamalon This book contains two hitherto unpublished texts from the post-classical Islamic theological tradition, focusing on the question of human action, moral responsibility, and the nature of good and evil: the Prolegomena (Muqaddimat),...

A Critique on the Question of Divine Wrath as Formulated by Adnan Ibrahim (Arabic)

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 Sep, 2017 | Books, Islamic Analytic Theology, Publications, Research, Science

Available soon on: Jamalon The main focus of this essay is the philosophical problematic nature of God’s Divine Wrath. As such it deals with the essence of the concept of theodicy and justice, the question of Divine Wrath, Eternal Punishment, and the existence of...

International Maturidi Kalam Conference

by Kalam Research & Media | 06 Jun, 2017 | Events & Reports, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

For over a millenia the Ash‘ari and Maturidi Schools of Theology have have been one of the most prevalent in the Muslim world. While the Ash‘ari School is considered mainstream and studied heavily, the Maturidi School has not, however, received much scholarly...