This book is a fascinating exploration of how God speaks to humanity and how Muslims engage with Divine discourse. Produced by the International Foundation for Muslim Theology, this multi-disciplinary volume brings together Muslim scholars from diverse backgrounds to examine revelation, prophethood, and the role of angels as mediators of Divine self-disclosure.
More than an abstract theological discussion, this book is the first in a planned series aimed at reinvigorating God-talk among Muslimsboth academics and laypeopleby grounding theological inquiry in the lived reality of faith. With a focus on Islams six principles of belief, the IFMTs God-talk project addresses the challenges of secularization and the marginalization of theology in both academia and daily life.
Divine Revelation and Communication marks a vital first step in reviving Muslim theology as a meaningful, dynamic discourse that speaks to the spiritual and existential concerns of modern believers.
The International Foundation for Muslim Theology promotes excellence in the study and teaching of Muslim theology both speculative and pastoral by facilitating and shaping Muslim theological thought, conversation and community.
Quranic Framework for Way as Revelation: Four Levels of Gods
Communication with His Creation, Mehmet Ozalp
A Religiously Interesting Natural Theology, Jamie Turner
Reclaiming Space for God-Talk: Theories of ijtihd and Intra-Muslim
Differences in Matters of Belief, Ali-Reza Bhojani
Frontier Theology, God and a Glut-Theoretic Account of the Problem of
Foreknowledge in Islamic Theology, Safaruk Zaman Chowdhury
Supplication as Divine Communication in the Quran, Seyfeddin Kara
Divine Metaphysics in Mull adr: God and His Speech, Farhan A. Zaidi
An Analysis of the Quranic Understanding of Angels, Mahshid Turner
In Search of a Nursian Angelology, Colin Turner
Prophetology and Islamic Spiritual Care: The Spiritual Teachings of the
Prophet Muhammad as a Model for Spiritual Formation and Caring for Souls,
Feryal Salem
An Epistemic Justification for Establishing Proofs in Argumentation: A
Critical Analysis of Prophetic Discourse as a Manifestation of God-talk,
Ismail Latif Hacinebioglu
A Muslim Pastoral Theology: God Did Not Send a Prophet but Shepherded
Sheep, Bilal Ansari
About the Contributors
Colin Turner, Head of Research at the International Foundation for Muslim Theology, was until 2017 Reader in Islamic Thought at the University of Durham. A trained historian, his chief areas of interest are Muslim theology and philosophy; Quranic interpretation; and Muslim intellectual history, with particular focus on the life and works of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including the best-selling Islam: The Basics and The Quran Revealed: A Critical Analysis of Said Nursis Epistles of Light.
