Transcendent God, Rational World

Ramon Harvey is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim College. He is the author of Transcendent God, Rational World: A Māturīdī Theology (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and The Qur'an and the Just Society (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).

• Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Tradition and Reason; 2. Rational Reality; 3. Natural Theology; 4. Divine Nature; 5. Omniscience and Wisdom; 6. Creative Action; 7. Divine Speech and the Qur’an; Conclusion; Glossary of Arabic Terminology; Bibliography; Index.

Harvey’sTranscendent God, Rational World shows incredible facility in the nuances of Islamic theology and philosophy and argues for the unique—and overlooked—contribution of al-Māturīdī and his later interpreters. By engaging with this original source material and bringing this tradition into dialogue with contemporary philosophy of religion, Harvey makes important contribution to Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, and the history of Islamic intellectual thought on reason, revelation, proofs of God’s existence, and the divine attributes. What is even more exciting is how Harvey draws on this rich legacy to argue for the revival of Islamic theology in the 21st Century.