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Apr 2022
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Reason vs. Literalism? Kalam & Early Isl...

FILIP HOLM
About this episode

As requested by the audience, in this episode we talk about the very early development of Speculative Islamic theology, or "Kalam".


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Sources/Suggested reading:

Winter, Tim (2008). "The Cambridge Companion to Islamic Theology". Cambridge University Press.


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