RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kalam, Fatema Mernissi, Anthropomorphism
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)f you"re extremely lazy and don"t care at all at least read those so you know what format to bullshit in. 3- methodology: kalam (dialectical argument: the quran: the quran is created rather than the word of allah. Allah precedes the quran, therefore the quran is created an unbeliever (kafir) nor a believer. 5(cid:524) the nature of allah: emphasized god"s unity and justice. Since god is just, he cannot do the unjust. Answer: the act of sealing follows a person"s unbelief and it does. Born in basra in the generation after mutazilites" decline in: the founder of asharism: not precede or cause it. 2- agreed with mutazilites on the question of the sinner. The sinners should not to be declared unbelievers, or consigned to hell. Intention is not the only measurement of faith. 3- on the question of methodology: faith/revelation cannot be subject to dialectical investigation (kalam) 4- on the question of the qruan: mutazilites" view is seen as heresy.
