| Talking about God and Talking about Creation: Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' Positions Contributor(s): Acar, Rahim (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004144773 ISBN-13: 9789004144774 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $164.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: This study compares Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' conceptions of God, theological language, the nature of creative action and the beginning of the universe. It emphasizes the connection between their positions regarding theological language and their discussions of creation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 213.092 |
| LCCN: 2005050724 |
| Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.74" W x 9.6" (1.35 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Comparing Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' positions regarding human knowledge, this volumes talks about God and the nature of the creative action and the beginning of the universe. The overall argument of the book is that their conception of theological language plays an important role in shaping their positions concerning the creation of the universe. In the first part, their conception of the theological language and divine formal features are explored and how their positions regarding theological language differ from each other is discussed. The second part includes a comparison of their conceptions of the nature of the divine creative action--which provides a good example showing how their conceptions of theological language affect the way they talk about creation--and their arguments concerning the beginning of the universe. |