The Virtues of Divergence

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• Introduction1. Ottoman Islam?2. Speculative Theology (ʿilm al-kalām) at Ottoman Madrasas3. The Sanūsian Creed in the Ottoman Lands4. ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and The Sanūsian Creed5. MethodologyChapter 1: Epistemology1. Faith (īmān) in Early Modern Ottoman Kalām Literature2. Sanūsī's Rationalist Epistemology3. Nābulusī's Response to Sanūsī's Rationalist Epistemology4. Nābulusī's Synthetic Epistemology5. Recognition of One's Ignorance as the Highest Form of Knowledge6. ConclusionChapter 2: Cosmology1. The Ontological Quest in Early Modern Ottoman Kalām Literature2. Sanūsī on the Temporal Origination of the Universe (ḥudūth al-ʿālam)3. Nābulusī on the Temporal Origination of the Universe4. Nābulusī's Synthetic Cosmology: Immutable Entities (al-aʿyān al-thābita)5. ConclusionChapter 3: Metaphysics (ilāhiyyāt)1. God-Talk2. Sanūsī's Metaphysics: Twenty Divine Attributes3. Nābulusī's Synthetic Metaphysics of Divine Existence4. There is No Existence but God (lā wujūd illā Allāh)5. Immanent Transcendentalism6. ConclusionChapter 4: Prophetology (nubuwwāt)1. Prophetology in Early Modern Ottoman Kalām Literature2. Sanūsī's Prophetology: Prerequisite Qualities of Messengerhood3. Nābulusī's Prophetology: Muḥammad's Superiority over Other Prophets4. The Muḥammadan Light (al-nūr al-muḥammadī)5. ConclusionChapter 5: Ethics1. The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Ottoman Kalām Literature2. Sanūsī's Theology of Good and Evil3. Nābulusī's Epistemology of Good and Evil4. Nābulusī's Metaphysics of Good and Evil5. Nābulusī's Mystical Metaphysics of Faith and Disbelief6. The Perfect Universe: Nābulusī's Synthetic Metaphysics of Good and Evil7. ConclusionConclusion