Islamic kalam
E81584
Islamic kalam is a tradition of rational theological discourse in Islam that uses philosophical argumentation to clarify and defend Islamic beliefs.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Islamic theology | 0 | 3 |
| Islamic kalām | 0 | 1 |
| Islamic speculative theology | 0 | 1 |
| IslamicTheology | 0 | 1 |
| ʿIlm al-kalām | 0 | 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 → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tawhid
this entity surface form:
Islamic theology
this entity surface form:
Islamic theology
this entity surface form:
ʿIlm al-kalām
this entity surface form:
Islamic speculative theology
this entity surface form:
Islamic kalām