The official theology of Islam is in itself strongly influenced by the apophatic : divine transcendence can only be affirmed with the passing away of all that is contingent. Islamic mystics followed this movement throought to its limits, with their own death becoming the path to initiation. With the destruction of their own little "self, there remains nothing but the divine "Self who contemplates Himself, and is alone able to contemplate himself. No matter how evolved the creature may be, he cannot attain a true and full understanding of the Divine Unicity (tawid). This spiritual experience was expressed in Sufisrn in a metaphysical doctrine : Being belongs to God alone, and in relation to him the creature is pure nothingness. The similarit...
International audienceHas islam tried to meet its spiritual structure with a ressouncement of the fa...
The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and t...
The Islamic dogma of the One and Unique God introduces the concept of a transcendent God, the true b...
Cette étude a pour but de démontrer l'existence d'une correspondance entre la métaphysique de l'isla...
The apophatic, which denies the possibility of any determination of the Absolute, lends itself well ...
Islam is often viewed as the religion par excellence of divine transcendence. God is khilāf al-'ālam...
Apophaticism in mainstream analytic theology and philosophy of religion has come to denote a metaphy...
International audiencekhatm al-nubuwwa’s notion, the finality of prophethood, has emerged as a funda...
In the theological field, the term apophatism refers to a negative approach of defining God by what ...
E. Mounier made use of an apophatic approach, in his conception of the notion of human personhood. I...
Following al-Hakîm al-Tirmidhî, who had reconciled the idea of human freedom with faith in a primord...
The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and t...
Making use of severals disciplines (history of religions, OT exegesis, patristics, history of art), ...
Anathema is a nascent term in the history and literature of Islamic thoughts which has been chosen b...
Islamic theologians and sufi orders are rarely considered to have totally different ways of of disco...
International audienceHas islam tried to meet its spiritual structure with a ressouncement of the fa...
The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and t...
The Islamic dogma of the One and Unique God introduces the concept of a transcendent God, the true b...
Cette étude a pour but de démontrer l'existence d'une correspondance entre la métaphysique de l'isla...
The apophatic, which denies the possibility of any determination of the Absolute, lends itself well ...
Islam is often viewed as the religion par excellence of divine transcendence. God is khilāf al-'ālam...
Apophaticism in mainstream analytic theology and philosophy of religion has come to denote a metaphy...
International audiencekhatm al-nubuwwa’s notion, the finality of prophethood, has emerged as a funda...
In the theological field, the term apophatism refers to a negative approach of defining God by what ...
E. Mounier made use of an apophatic approach, in his conception of the notion of human personhood. I...
Following al-Hakîm al-Tirmidhî, who had reconciled the idea of human freedom with faith in a primord...
The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and t...
Making use of severals disciplines (history of religions, OT exegesis, patristics, history of art), ...
Anathema is a nascent term in the history and literature of Islamic thoughts which has been chosen b...
Islamic theologians and sufi orders are rarely considered to have totally different ways of of disco...
International audienceHas islam tried to meet its spiritual structure with a ressouncement of the fa...
The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and t...
The Islamic dogma of the One and Unique God introduces the concept of a transcendent God, the true b...