Islamic thought on the existence of God : with contributions from contemporary Western philosophy of religion /

• Main Author: Yaran, Cafer S.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington : Council For Research In Values and Philosophy, 2003.
• Series: Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series IIA. Islam ; v. 16
• Subjects: ISLAMISMO; DIOS (Existencia); FILOSOFIA DE LA RELIGION

Table of Contents:

• INTRODUCTION
• a. Belief in God in Islamic Thought
• b. The Role of Arguments in Belief in God
• PART ONE. THE ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
• Chapter I.The Argument from Religious Experience
• a. Evidence: Experience of the Presence and Activity of God
• b. Evaluation: Illusion or Reality?
• PART TWO. THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS
• Chapter II. The Argument from Wisdom ("ikmah)
• a. Evidence: The Fine-Tuning of the Universe and Its Scientific Laws
• b. Evaluation: The Many-Worlds Hypotheses, and Divine Design
• Chapter III. The Argument from Providence ('Inayeh)
• a. Evidence: The Anthropic Nature of the World and Its Beauty
• b. Evaluation: The Problem of Evil, and Divine Providence
• Chapter IV. The Argument from Creation (Ikhtira')
• a. Evidence: The Origin of Life and Consciousness
• b. Evaluation: The Interpretations of Evolution, and Divine Creation
• PART THREE. THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS
• Chapter V. The Kalam Cosmological Argument
• a. Evidence: The Temporality ("uduth) of the Universe
• b. Evaluation: The Principle of Uncertainty, and the First Cause
• Chapter VI. The Falsafa Cosmological Argument
• a. Evidence: The Contingency (Imkan) of the Universe
• b. Evaluation: The Principle of ausality, and the Necessary Being
• Chapter VII. The Disputed Position of the Ontological Argument
• a. Are the Philosophers' Arguments Ontological or Cosmological?
• b. Does the Cosmological Argument Presuppose the Ontological Argument?
• CONCLUSION .