Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Tariq Jaffer is Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College.

Reviews

"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