The library has grown from a modest departmental collection to a very well regarded library of over 150,000 volumes covering the whole of islamic civilization in a number. Frank griffel is professor of islamic studies at yale university and has published widely in the fields of islamic theology, arab and islamic. How islamic law treats nonmuslims editor, prometheus books, 2005. Islamic philosophy, science, culture, and religion studies. History of islam islamic empire, islamic studies, books.
Translations, critical editions, and monographs related to texts in the fields of philosophy, literature, theology, poetics, grammar, hadith, exegesis, etc. Walter edward young transcultural islam research network. The berkeley series in postclassical islamic scholarship will explore islamicate intellectual history as represented by various disciplines and genres. Wisnovsky, new philosophical texts of yahya ibn adi. The combination of these messages is called the kitab of allah or the heavenly books. The combination of historical and philological accuracy and philosophical insight make this book relatively rare among its kind in arabic philosophy. Her publications address the development of islamic legal theory in light of intellectual currents and historical environment. Robert wisnovsky nazariyat journal for the history of islamic. Journal for the history of islamic philosophy and sciences 5 2. Avicennas metaphysics in context by robert wisnovsky. Readership this collection is of interest to scholars of islamic intellectual thought, in particular the scholastic traditions of philosophy, science, literature.
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Protosystem juridical disputation in the kitab ikhtilaf al. Islamic studies books 1, 2, 3 and 4 4 volume complete set dr. Niehaus 77 professor of near eastern studies and religion, princeton university strikingly original, wideranging in its engagement, subtle in its interpretations, and hardhitting in its conclusions, this book will certainly provoke debate for a number of years. Avicenna and avicennism center for middle eastern studies. Robert wisnovsky of the iis of mcgill was promoted to full professor and has also been appointed to a james mcgill professorship. Robert wisnovsky, of mcgills institute for islamic studies, hopes to expand the capacity for scholarly work in this area through the postclassical islamic philosophy database initiative pipdi, a division of the rational sciences in islam project at the institute. Robert wisnovsky institute of islamic studies mcgill. Robert wisnovskys research works mcgill university, montreal. Book 1 also covers the science of hadith and the sources of islamic law fiqh. Robert wisnovsky pi on the john templeton foundation project mu. He eschews reductionism simplfying stuffor precursorism glorifying achievements to produce a balanced, sympathetic but levelheaded study of the work of a great islamic and world thinker. Interesting exercises improve childrens knowledge about religion. This is of course wonderful news and a much deserved recognition for his individual achievements, but it also is an important milestone for the institute for which we can all be proud. The islamic studies library was founded in 1952, along with the institute of islamic studies by prof.
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A critical translationcommentary and analysis of the fundamental arguments in. Robert wisnovsky, james mcgill professor, islamic philosophy and theology, institute of islamic studies, mcgill university, delivers the first. Islamic studies series this series is designed for teaching islamic culture to young muslims in nonarabic speaking countries and international schools. They also exemplify a critical development in the field of islamic studies over the last few years. Belief in the heavenly books kitab revealed by allah allah used to send messages to the holy prophets from age to age to lead the misled mankind to the right direction. Supriya gandhi, gerhard bowering, frank griffel, shawkat toorawa, travis zadeh the yale university ph. Robert wisnovskys judgments in avicennas metaphysics in context are based on a keen critical sense and sound knowledge of all the relevant texts, greek and arabic alike. Robert wisnovsky, associate professor, institute of islamic studies, mcgill university one of the most extensive and insightful studies of alghazali ever undertaken. While the study of education in the middle ages has a long and productive history, the. The middle ages saw an extraordinary flowering of persian poetry.
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A new source for the renewal of islamic analytical theology. Can these books be analyzed like other manuscripts. Middle eastern and islamic studies at columbia university. Program in islamic studies is devoted to comprehensive research on the religion of islam and to training superior students for academic careers in that field. The boom in islamic studies as in europe, islamic studies in the u. Islamic philosophy, science, culture, and religion. What is islam the importance of being islamic powells books. Adis discussion of the prolegomena to the study of a philosophical textmore. Pages in category islamic studies books the following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. In the field of islamic manuscripts studies, handwriting identification is still a. Fumo, carlos fraenkel in this volume the mcgill university research group on transmission, translation, and transformation in medieval cultures and their collaborators initiate a new reflection on the dynamics involved in receiving texts and ideas from the antiquity or from other contemporary cultures.
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