Allah Transcendent: Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology [Paperback]

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.l. Introduction 2. AI-Kindi: The Watcher at the Gate 3. Al-Farabi: The Search for Order 4. Ibn Sina's Necessary and Beloved Deity 5. The God of Medieval Isma'ilism: Cosmological Variations on a Neoplatonic Theme 203 6. Ishraq and Wahda: The Mystical Cosmos of Al-Suhrawardi and Ibn al-'Arabi 7. Conclusion: The Vocabulary of Transcendence: Towards a Theory of Semiotics for r Islamic TheologyUS? 1989 Ian Richard Netton