Introduction
1. Forging a New Methodology
2. Devising Rules of Exegesis
3. Reconciling Reason ('Aql) and Transmitted Knowledge (Naql)
4. Interpreting the Intellect and Light
5. Interpreting the Soul and Spirit
Bibliography
Index
Tariq Jaffer is Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College.
"Razi: Master of Qur?anic Interpretation and Theological Reasoning,
is a thoroughly researched and eloquently expressed contribution to
an exciting and relatively new line of inquiry in Islamic
studies/Near Eastern studies...Jaffer's writing is engaging and
elegant, and the organization of the book as a whole, as well as
within each chapter and subsection, makes his thesis and subpoints
accessible and clear. Overall, his first published monograph,
based upon his dissertation, is a pleasure to read both in form and
content. Jaffer's monograph engages thoroughly and critically with
previous scholarship and is, in itself, a truly excellent addition
to the
emerging study of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and the trend of
incorporating philosophical methods and ideas into theological
thought in the postclassical Islamic intellectual world."--The
Journal of Religion
"Jaffer's monograph will serve as an excellent introduction to the
thought of Fakhr al-din al-Razi, and to some of the ways in which
philosophical thought intersects with the interpretation of the
Qur'an."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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