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