IS TRANSCENDENTALIZATION POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANTHROPOMORPHIZATION?: POSSIBILITY AND CRITICISM OF NEGATIVE THEOLOGY

ÇİFTCİ M.

BILIMNAME, vol.45, no.2, pp.121-153, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.28949/bilimname.761197
  • Journal Name: BILIMNAME
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Religion and Philosophy Collection, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.121-153
  • Keywords: Kalam, Talking About God, negative theology, anthropomorphism, analogy
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

"Talking about God" is a very considerable issue in understanding and making sense of many issues as a determinant of theological language and which approach is adopted in this regard. For example, the various attitudes of Kalam sects on the subjects such as God's essence and attributes, tawhid, justice, freedom of man, fate-accident are actually the results of their imagination about God. When we elaborate on this point a little more, for example, Ash'ari, who takes "omnipotent" to the center, determines whether the Maturidi, which determine "wisdom" as the basic concept, and the Mu.tazila imams that determine "justice" and "tawhid" as paradigmatic concepts, and their preferences on these issues are mentioned above. It has a role that determines its explanations. From this point of view, it can be argued that talking about God is a central issue of Kalam and Philosophy.