Asharite kalam
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Asharite kalam is a major Sunni Islamic theological school that emphasizes divine omnipotence, occasionalism, and the primacy of revelation over rationalist philosophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asharite kalam canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Islamic theological school ⓘ |
| affirms | divine attributes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shafiʿi madhhab
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some Maliki scholars ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Hanbali traditionalism
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Maturidi kalam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| emergedInRegion |
Basra
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Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
absolute will of God
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divine omnipotence ⓘ divine transcendence ⓘ occasionalism ⓘ primacy of revelation ⓘ uncreatedness of the Quran ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheologian |
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
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ⓘ
al-Baqillani NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Ghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Juwayni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one of the main schools of Sunni creed (aqida) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Maturidi kalam (through debate and contrast)
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Shafiʿi legal tradition ⓘ Sunni orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfDiscourse | Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | reconciliation of reason and revelation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes |
Muʿtazilite rationalism
ⓘ
philosophical rationalism ⓘ |
| prioritizes | revelation over unaided reason ⓘ |
| rejects |
anthropomorphic interpretation of divine attributes
ⓘ
denial of divine attributes by Muʿtazilites ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teaches |
God creates all human acts
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God is the only true cause ⓘ acquisition theory of human acts (kasb) ⓘ affirmation of divine attributes without asking how (bila kayf) ⓘ beatific vision of God in the hereafter ⓘ humans acquire but do not create their actions ⓘ no necessary causal power in created things ⓘ occasionalist view of causality ⓘ |
| uses |
dialectical theology
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rational argumentation in defense of revelation ⓘ |
| viewOnCausality | events occur by direct divine creation ⓘ |
| viewOnFreeWill | compatibilist view via kasb ⓘ |
| viewOnQuran | Quran is uncreated and eternal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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