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The Theology of AbÅ« l-QÄsim al-BalkhÄ«/al-KaÊ¿bÄ« (d. 319/931)
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This is the first comprehensive monograph on the theology of AbÅ« l-QÄsim al-KaÊ¿bÄ« al-BalkhÄ« (d. 319/931), a leading MuÊ¿tazilÄ« who flourished at the end of the BaghdÄdÄ« school and at the beginning of the scholastic phase of MuÊ¿tazilÄ« history. The study of al-KaÊ¿bÄ«âs theology has been hindered by historiographical barriers: the fragmentary nature of extant articles, and the difficulties of reconstructing their contexts. This work investigates the twofold challenge of recovering al-KaÊ¿bÄ«âs theology on the basis of a source-critical reconstruction of major extant fragments. One result of this study positions al-KaÊ¿bÄ«âs theology as influenced less by the precepts of a BaghdÄdÄ« school, and guided more by his individual views and affinity for earlier independent MuÊ¿tazilÄ« positions. Another result not only corroborates al-KaÊ¿bÄ«âs previously noted contributions in epistemology and cosmology, but also argues for their centrality to his theology as a whole.
Racha el Omari, Ph.D. (2006), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.
"... el Omari has accomplished something of great importance: she has opened a window onto the 9th and 10th Centuries. Her eloquent analysis, generous and clear sourcing of material, and concentrated argumentation are representative of the best writing on kalÄm; it is this sort of work which will install Mu'tazilite thought upon the stage of the history of philosophy." - David Bennett, in: Marginalia Los Angeles Review of Books (2019)
All interested in the history of MuÊ¿tazilism, dialectical theology (Ê¿im al-kalÄm), Islamic intellectual history, and the formative period of Islamic thought.
The Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra