Islamic kalam

E81584

Islamic discipline Islamic theology intellectual tradition rational theology

Islamic kalam is a tradition of rational theological discourse in Islam that uses philosophical argumentation to clarify and defend Islamic beliefs.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic theology	14
Islamic kalam canonical	4
Islamic kalām	2
IslamicTheology	2
Islamic Kalam	1
Islamic natural theology	1
Islamic speculative theology	1
Islamic theology (kalam)	1
Kalām (Islamic theological philosophy)	1
kalam (Islamic theology)	1
kalām	1
ʿIlm al-kalām	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic discipline ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ intellectual tradition ⓘ rational theology ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify Islamic beliefs ⓘ defend Islamic beliefs ⓘ reconcile reason and revelation ⓘ
basedOn	Hadith ⓘ Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an rational inquiry ⓘ
developedIn	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
developedInCentury	8th century ⓘ
developedInRegion	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Iraq ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	God in Islam ⓘ Islam ⓘ Islamic creed (ʿaqīda) ⓘ creation of the world in Islam ⓘ divine attributes in Islam ⓘ eschatology in Islam ⓘ free will and predestination in Islam ⓘ nature of the Qur’an ⓘ prophethood in Islam ⓘ status of grave sinners in Islam ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Islamic kalam ⓘ surface form: Islamic speculative theology kalam theology ⓘ Islamic kalam ⓘ surface form: ʿIlm al-kalām
hasKeyConcept	createdness or uncreatedness of the Qur’an ⓘ divine attributes (ṣifāt) ⓘ kasb (acquisition) ⓘ occasionalism ⓘ tawḥīd ⓘ ʿadl (divine justice) ⓘ
hasMajorSchool	Ash'ari ⓘ surface form: Ashʿarism Atharī kalam ⓘ Imami Shiʿi kalam ⓘ Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ surface form: Muʿtazilism Māturīdism ⓘ Zaydi kalam ⓘ
influenced	Christian scholastic theology ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ surface form: Islamic philosophy (falsafa) Jewish philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek philosophy ⓘ Hellenistic logic ⓘ late antique theological debates ⓘ
usesMethod	dialectical reasoning ⓘ logical analysis ⓘ philosophical argumentation ⓘ rational argumentation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saadia Gaon → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

qutb → conceptualDomain → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Ibrahim → honoredIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: IslamicTheology

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

Emunot ve-Deot → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic kalām

Islamic kalam → hasAlternativeName → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: ʿIlm al-kalām

Islamic kalam → hasAlternativeName → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic speculative theology

Musa → honoredIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

tawhid → category → Islamic kalam ⓘ

subject surface form: Tawhid

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

righteousServantOfAllah → hasDomain → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: IslamicTheology

al-Harith al-Muhasibi → mainInterest → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology (kalam)

the Day of Resurrection → centralBeliefOf → Islamic kalam ⓘ

subject surface form: Day of Resurrection

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Al-Aziz (The Almighty) → usedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Aziz

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

mutawatir hadith → isUsedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

oneOfTheUlulAzmProphets → usedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Scenes of the Resurrection → associatedWith → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Arsh (Divine Throne) → studiedInDiscipline → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: kalam (Islamic theology)

Nabi → partOfConceptSystem → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

the problem of pain → discussedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

subject surface form: The Problem of Pain

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

naṣr → usedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalām (Islamic theological philosophy)

First Treatise on the Creation of the World → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Kalam

Second Treatise on God’s Unity → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Third Treatise on the Commandments → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

Māturīdism → usesMethod → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: kalām

negative theology → usedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Eighth Treatise on Reward and Punishment → influencedBy → Islamic kalam ⓘ

Necessary Existent → hasRoleIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic natural theology

Quran 3:18 → usedIn → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic theology

Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → theologicalSchoolDiscussed → Islamic kalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic kalām