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Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology. Originally a Mu'tazili, he returned to Sunni orthodoxy and developed a rational defense of traditional creed that bec
The foremost systematizer of Ash'ari theology and author of Tamhid al-Awa'il. Served as a diplomat and debater, and his work on the inimitability of the Quran (
...who contributed significantly to the development of Ash'ari kalam.
Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i judge, author of 'al-Mawaqif,' one of the most comprehensive treatises on Islamic theology.
Central Asian polymath, author of 'Sharh al-Aqaid an-Nasafiyyah' on Maturidi theology and 'al-Mutawwal' on Arabic rhetoric.
Theologian and polymath, author of 'Sharh al-Mawaqif' and 'Kitab at-Ta'rifat,' an essential dictionary of Islamic scholarly terminology.
...ngaging philosophy, theology, science, and law. A master of kalam (Ash'ari school), his approach was influential but also cri...
Brilliant Ash'ari theologian and polymath, author of Mafatih al-Ghayb (the Great Commentary), one of the most encyclopedic Quran commentaries.
...tral Asian polymath who wrote authoritative commentaries on kalam, usul al-fiqh, and Arabic rhetoric.
Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology, the most widespread Sunni theological school. He was initially a student of the Mu'tazilite al-Jubbai before returnin
Imam al-Haramayn, teacher of al-Ghazali and one of the greatest Ash'ari theologians and Shafi'i jurists.
...s work represents a key stage in the development of Ash'ari kalam.
...logical treatise that represents the most developed form of kalam before al-Ghazali. Al-Juwayni addresses the attributes of G...
...pponents. It is the primary advanced reference for Maturidi kalam.
...d by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari that became the dominant Sunni kalam tradition.
The theological school founded by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, predominant among Hanafi Muslims worldwide.
The adoption, adaptation, and debate over Aristotelian logic in Islamic scholarship and its role in the religious sciences.