Divine Names and Attributes from the Muslim Theologians' View
Subject Areas : Philosophy
Mohammad Javad
Shams
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(ندارد)
Keywords: Essence, Identity, otherness, vicarship, Ontology, Epistemology,
Abstract :
"Divine names and attributes" is one of the most important, andperhapes polemic and contentious topics in Islamic theology which isposed under divine unity subject.The first question rised for theologians after demonstration of God'sexistense was on His qualities and attributes. In Quran and tradition,some names and attributes of God are mentioned, but there is anemphasis on God's transcendence too; therefore this question has beenalways posed for theologians that how is the alliance between essenceand attributes? Are attributes the very essence or other than it? Areattributes pre- existent or created?Theologians, accoding to their theological tendencies have answered tothese questions differently and even antithetically. They have providedseveral theories such as : identity, otherness, and vicarship.
