Abu Ya'qub Al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary (Ismaili Heritage)

Type

Book

Authors

Paul E. Walker

ISBN 10

1850439214

ISBN 13

9781850439219

Tags

Middle East, Religious, Islam, History, History & Surveys

Description

Paul E. Walker looks at this important missionary of the tenth century from a fresh perspective. Though long neglected by historians of Islamic philosophy, al-Sijistani's recently recovered writings establish him both as a philosopher and as an exponent of the intellectual understanding of Islam. The old problem of the meaning of science and religion and their interaction as reflected in the thought of an Ismaili author from the early Islamic period is now interpreted within the framework that brings together ideas and obscure doctrines surviving only piecemeal from medieval Arabic books and treatises. This book provides a coherent overview of al-Sijistani's contributions as a thinker. - from Amzon

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