Theodicy in Islamic Thought: The Dispute over al-Ghazālī’s “Best of All Possible Worlds”

Author
Publication Year
1984

Type

Book
Abstract

Eric L. Ormsby, Ph.D. 1981

The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds” and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz.

Publisher
Princeton University Press
City
Princeton, NJ
ISBN
Cloth: 9780691640372; paper: 9780691612447; ebook: 9781400856336
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