Roots of Synthetic Theology in Islam
A Study of the Theology of Abu Mansur Al- Maturidi (d. 333/944)
1995 • 286 pages • 220 x 145 mm •
Hardback • ISBN 9 83990 022 6
Mustafa Ceric
This book is an analysis of one of the greatest (and largely forgotten) early
Muslim theologians, Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hanafi al-Mutakallim
al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi (d. 333/944). It establishes evidence of al-Maturidi’s
profound influence upon Islamic theology during his time and discusses his
method, theory of knowledge and theological ideas concerning the world, and the
relation of God to man.
Emphasizing in particular al-Maturidi’s magnum opus, the Kitab al-Tawhid,
the author explains his view of the historical development of Islamic theology
in light of the three elements of ta‘ah (faithful obedience), bayan
(elucidation) and the naql-‘aql (tradition/reason) dialectic. He
concludes that al-Maturidi’s influence upon the overall development of Islamic
theology is not only profound but original, not only in his development of
Islamic theological theory of knowledge and in his scientific way of research,
but also in his being able to resolve the naql-‘aql conflict.
Mustafa Ceric is a Professor at the International Institute of Islamic
Thought and Civilization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly the Reis-ul-Ulema,
President of the Council of Ulema, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He
graduated from the Medressa in Sarajevo and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, after
which he returned to Bosnia, where he became an imam. He then spent several
years as Imam of the U.S. Islamic Cultural Center, during which time he earned a
Ph.D. in Islamic Theology at the University of Chicago. He left for Zagreb in
1987 where he became a practicing imam at a learning center. Mustafa Ceric is
the author of a number of books in Bosnian
1995 • 286 pages • 220 x 145 mm • Cased £14.95 • ISBN 9 83990 022 6
Reviews
‘… [an] important study on some crucial aspects of the history of Islamic
theology … dense yet lucid’
Islamic Studies
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