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Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God: An argument for interreligious dialogue.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God: An argument for interreligious dialogue./
Author:	Jenkins, Jamie L.
Description:	68 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 53-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International53-02(E).
Subject:	Theology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1557478
ISBN:	9781303949159

Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God: An argument for interreligious dialogue.
Jenkins, Jamie L.

Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God: An argument for interreligious dialogue. - 68 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 53-02.

Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Louis University, 2014.

The lack of dialogue between different religious traditions is and has been a critical problem throughout the history of theology. This paper will demonstrate that if one can find significant similarities among two traditions, thinkers, or theories, a space for dialogue exists and should be utilized. A blind assumption of irreconcilable differences between religions is unacceptable and can be harmful to society and individual lives in many ways. By looking at theories of how one knows God in the thinking of Ghazali and Aquinas, especially the sources of knowledge of God, how one speaks about God, and proofs for God's existence, I will determine how similar their theories are. These similarities will establish the possibility and profitability of dialogue between Islam and Christianity.

ISBN: 9781303949159Subjects--Topical Terms:

516533
Theology.

Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God: An argument for interreligious dialogue.
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520 $a Beginning with the general characteristics of knowledge of God, this paper will look at the sources of knowledge of God like revelation, experience, creation, etc. Moving forward to how one can speak about God, this study discusses the utter difference between God and humanity, negative theology and analogical language, knowledge of God's attributes, and the names of God. In the last section, the importance of rationality and the proofs of God's existence are considered. As will be demonstrated, both Ghazali and Aquinas believe the human mind can only reach limited knowledge of God as a result of its creaturely limitations. Yet both believe even this limited knowledge is substantial and valuable. As a result of this exploration, one will realize the vast common ground between Ghazali and Aquinas in such an important topic of theology. Realizing the immense similarity between the two writers' theories of how one can know God should spark an acknowledgment that at least this topic in Islamic and Christian theology may not be so divergent as many assume.
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