Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil - Hardcover

by Safaruk Chowdhury (Author)

1. The first general overview of the Islamic tradition with respect to theodicy-deals extensively with animal suffering and pain, evolutionary theodicy, and the problem of hell from within the Islamic tradition
2. Applies method of analytic theology to study of theodicies in Islam, making it potentially of interest to analytic theologians and philosophers of religion, rather than simply Islamic Studies specialists
3. Systematically attempts to synthesize precepts and arguments from classical Islamic theology with contemporary accounts of theodicy in philosophy of religion (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim) to offer an integrated account