The Concept of Belief in Islamic Theology: A Semantic Analysis of Iman and Islam

PREFACE
CHAPTER Ⅰ THE INFIDEL (KĀFIR ) Ⅰ. The Khārijites and the origin of the problem Ⅱ. The Khārijite concept of kufr Ⅲ. The basic structure of the Khārijite thought
CHAPTER Ⅱ THE CONCEPT OF TAKFĪR Ⅰ. The danger of the free practice of takfīr Ⅱ. Ghazālī's theory of takfīr
CHAPTER Ⅲ THE GRAVE SINNER (FĀSIQ ) Ⅰ. The concept of the grave sin (kabīrah ) Ⅱ. The grave sinner (murtakib al-kabīrah )
CHAPTER Ⅳ ĪMĀN AND ISLĀM Ⅰ. The relation between īmān and islām Ⅱ. Is īmān identical with islām?
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE ESSENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THE CONCEPT OF BELIEF Ⅰ. The Murji⁾ites and the problem of īmān Ⅱ. The essential structure of īmān
CHAPTER Ⅵ BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE Ⅰ. The predominance given to ‘knowledge’ in the definition of īmān Ⅱ. Reason and Revelation Ⅲ. Belief on the authority of others (īmān bi-al-taqlīd ) Ⅳ. The locus of īmān
CHAPTER Ⅶ BELIEF AS ASSENT Ⅰ. Knowledge and assent Ⅱ. Ash⁽arī’s theory of īmān
CHAPTER Ⅷ BELIEF AND VERBAL CONFESSION Ⅰ. Which is more important, taṣdīq or iqrār? Ⅱ. The Karrāmite theory of īmān
CHAPTER Ⅸ BELIEF AND WORK Ⅰ. The Mu⁽tazilites and the Murji⁾ites Ⅱ. Ibn Taymiyyah's theory of īmān Ⅲ. The increase and decrease of īmān
CHAPTER Ⅹ ‘I AM A BELIEVER, IF GOD WILLS’
CHAPTER Ⅺ CREATION OF ĪMĀN Ⅰ. The origin of the question Ⅱ. Ash⁽arī's position Ⅲ. The Māturīdite position Ⅳ. Creation of kufr
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX KITĀB AL-ĪMĀN INDEX OF PERSONS AND SECTS INDEX OF ARABIC WORDS
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