The problem of methodology in Islamic Theology
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2024-17-3-597-615
Abstract
The article deals with the main stages of formation of methodological principles in Islamic Theology. The author of the paper analyzes various forms of the methodological approaches demonstration in the theological thought among Muslims since the VII century with the theoretical searches of righteous predecessors - Salafs, method in kalam, methodological searches in modern theological thought and Islamic modernism. The analysis of the formation of the methodological principles allows the author to assert that this problem today is one of the most undeveloped even in the modern Islamic Theology.
Keywords
Islamic Theology,
method,
Methods,
methodology,
righteous predecessors,
kalam,
modern Theology,
Islamic Modernism
UDC: 297.1
About the Author
R. M. Mukhametshin
Russian Islamic Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rafik M. Mukhametshin, Full Member (Academician) of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Republic, Dr. Sci. (Politics), Full Professor, Rector, Chairman of the Council for Islamic Education
Kazan
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Mukhametshin R.M. The problem of methodology in Islamic Theology. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2024;17(3):597-615. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2024-17-3-597-615
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