{"product_id":"islamic-theology-and-the-problem-of-evil-paperback","title":"Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSafaruk Chowdhury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology, new in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, who is perfectly good, compassionate, merciful, powerful, and wise permits intense and profuse evil and suffering in the world. At its core, \u003ci\u003eIslamic Theology and the Problem of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e explores four different problems of evil: human disability, animal suffering, evolutionary natural selection, and Hell. Each study argues in favor of a particular kind of explanation or justification (theodicy) for the respective evil. Safaruk Chowdhury unpacks the notion of evil and its conceptualization within the mainstream Sunni theological tradition, and the various ways in which theologians and philosophers within that tradition have advanced different types of theodicies. He not only builds on previous works on the topic, but also looks at kinds of theodicies previously unexplored within Islamic theology, such as an evolutionary theodicy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistinguished by its application of an analytic-theology approach to the subject and drawing on insights from works of both medieval Muslim theologians and philosophers and contemporary philosophers of religion, this novel and highly systematic study will appeal to students and scholars, not only of theology but of philosophy as well.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSafaruk Chowdhury \u003c\/b\u003eis faculty member at Cambridge Muslim College, Whitethread Institute in London and the Ibn Rushd Centre for Excellence for Islamic Research in Birmingham. He is currently academic director at the Centre of Islamic Knowledge (CIK) in Canada. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIslamic Theology and the Problem of Evil \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eA Ṣūfī Apologist of Nishapūr: The Life and Thought of Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī \u003c\/i\u003e(2019). He studied philosophy at King's College, London, and Islamic Studies at al-Azhar University, Cairo, before completing his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is currently executive editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Islamic Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and a teacher and examiner in religious studies and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725718581555,"sku":"9781649034526","price":92.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4cscekaPRj9781649034526.webp?v=1763718963","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/islamic-theology-and-the-problem-of-evil-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}