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19.08.2014
Interdisziplinäre Konferenz "Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and his Network of Scholarship"
4.-6. September 2014; Neue Aula: Großer Senat
The current historiographical turn in Islamic studies has challenged misconceptions about early modern intellectual history of Islam, explained until recently within the paradigm of ‘stagnation’ or ‘decline’. ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731) emerges as a main witness to the early modern endeavor to create a new theology. The richness of Nābulusī’s literary output, mirroring the multifaceted dimensions of early modern Islamic culture, makes him a catalyst of a renewed historiographical awareness.
The contributors of the conference will focus on a careful examination of Nābulusī’s writings, offering an indepth study of his intellectual environment. The conference will thus offer contextual readings, paying attention to the wide range of interrelated trends with which Nābulusī dialogues: Ḥanafī-Māturīdī legal and theological tradition and its relationship with the Ash‘arī school of theology; the interpretation of Ibn ‘Arabī’s legacy; poetry; Islamic law in the Arab provinces; contemporary Sunni scholarship across the Islamic world; and the religious and cultural trends within the Christian and Jewish communities of the Ottoman Empire.
Please register by sending an e-mail message to: michaela.riester[at]zith.uni-tuebingen.de
University of Tübingen
Center for Islamic Theology
Rümelinstr. 27 · 72070 Tübingen · Germany
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