Salvation and Destiny in Islam: The Shi’i Ismaili Perspective of Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī (Shi‘i Heritage Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility for actions. For Ismailis, the related notions of religious leadership, namely the imamate, and the eschatological role of the prophets and imams were equally central. These were also a matter of doctrinal controversy within the so-called Iranian school of Ismaili philosophical theology. Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (d. after 411/1020) was one of the most important theologians in the Fatimid period, who rose to prominence during the reign of the imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-A...
ISBN(s)
178831493X, 9781788314930
