The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience

Early development of Islamic thought which is mainly on kalam is not only observed to be less interesting but also negative by nature. An observation of available literatures will easily bring to the conclusion that kalam is about irreconcilable conflicts among its schools on fundamental problems. O...

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Main Author: Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2015
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spelling iium-489182019-04-09T01:35:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/ The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BT Doctrinal Theology Early development of Islamic thought which is mainly on kalam is not only observed to be less interesting but also negative by nature. An observation of available literatures will easily bring to the conclusion that kalam is about irreconcilable conflicts among its schools on fundamental problems. One of the figures who has quite unique approach is Prof. Irfan Abd al-Hamid Fattah. He demonstrates his extraordinary capability in discussing issues in the hands of various schools in a very critical approach. This paper aims to study his endeavours to present kalam as a vital discipline of Islam. This is achieved by studying his methods which are found to be significant in maintaining the objectivity and balanced approach to the subject. This paper will explore solutions to several major issues in kalam namely God's attributes and human action. This discussion sheds light about the nature of disagreement on fundamental issues in Islam. Instead of viewing different views of kalam to be problematic, they are found to be invaluable contributions mainly in defending Islam from various challenges. Important lessons also can be derived from these early discourses in facing modern challenges which includes extremism and radicalism. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/10/48918%20schedule.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/11/48918%20The%20role%20of%20%27Irfan%20Abd%20al-Hamid%20Fattah.pdf Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah (2015) The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience. In: Conference on Integration of Knowledge in the Field of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion: The COntributions of the Late Prof. Dr. Irfan Abdul Hameed Fattah, 8th December 2015, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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topic BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BT Doctrinal Theology
spellingShingle BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BT Doctrinal Theology
Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah
The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
description Early development of Islamic thought which is mainly on kalam is not only observed to be less interesting but also negative by nature. An observation of available literatures will easily bring to the conclusion that kalam is about irreconcilable conflicts among its schools on fundamental problems. One of the figures who has quite unique approach is Prof. Irfan Abd al-Hamid Fattah. He demonstrates his extraordinary capability in discussing issues in the hands of various schools in a very critical approach. This paper aims to study his endeavours to present kalam as a vital discipline of Islam. This is achieved by studying his methods which are found to be significant in maintaining the objectivity and balanced approach to the subject. This paper will explore solutions to several major issues in kalam namely God's attributes and human action. This discussion sheds light about the nature of disagreement on fundamental issues in Islam. Instead of viewing different views of kalam to be problematic, they are found to be invaluable contributions mainly in defending Islam from various challenges. Important lessons also can be derived from these early discourses in facing modern challenges which includes extremism and radicalism.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah
author_facet Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah
author_sort Awang Abd. Rahman @ Jusoh, Amilah
title The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
title_short The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
title_full The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
title_fullStr The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
title_full_unstemmed The role of Irfan 'Abd al-Hamid Fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'Ilm al-Kalam for the 21st century audience
title_sort role of irfan 'abd al-hamid fattah in presenting a balanced picture of 'ilm al-kalam for the 21st century audience
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/10/48918%20schedule.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/48918/11/48918%20The%20role%20of%20%27Irfan%20Abd%20al-Hamid%20Fattah.pdf
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