About this course
What does it mean to know God? Begin with faith, knowledge and the innate recognition of God, then examine the cosmological and teleological arguments alongside questions about evil, evolution and creation. These opening discussions prepare the way for a closer study of the Quranic conception of God.
The course moves through divine unity, the roots of polytheism, and God’s inherent and relational attributes. Its final section examines anthropomorphism and contested Quranic passages, comparing traditionalist, rationalist and Ash’arite interpretations with the explanations of the Ahlul Bayt.
What you’ll explore
- Faith, knowledge and the innate recognition of God
- Cosmological and teleological arguments, evil, evolution and creation
- Divine unity and the roots of polytheism
- God’s knowledge, power, life and relations with creation
- Anthropomorphism and differing interpretations of Quranic descriptions of God
Curriculum
- 01Print-Ready Course Notes
- 02Defining Faith
- 03Epistemological Framework
- 04Innate Recognition of God
- 05The Cosmological Argument
- 06The Teleological Argument
- 07The Problem of Evil
- 08Evolution and Creationism
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- 09Categorizing God's Attributes
- 10Multiple Dimensions of Monotheism
- 11Root Causes of Polytheism
- 12God's Inherent Attributes
- 13The Knowledge of God
- 14The Power of God
- 15The Living God
- 16God's Relational Attributes
- 17God's Policies Toward Inanimate Creatures
- 18God's Policies Toward Irrational Creatures
- 19God's Policies Toward Rational Creatures
- 20What is Anthropomorphism?
- 21Contentious Quranic Verses on God
- 22Traditionalist Interpretations
- 23The Rationalist Approach
- 24The Ash'arite Stance
- 25Ahlul Bayt's Explanation
- 26The Visibility of God
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