10/07/2025 14:00
- 17:30
HALL: Lecture Hall 42
Proponent:
Brocato G.
Chair:
Brocato G.
Speaker:
Adang C.,
Brocato G.,
Cargnelutti F.,
Serrano Ruano D.,
Tevfik Kalyoncu R.
In the past three decades, Western Islamic studies has witnessed a major paradigm shift regarding the history of theological and philosophical disciplines in the so-called Islamic West after the 6th/12th centuries. As a point of fact, most recent studies have not only overcome the prejudice that the death of Averroes (d. 595/1198) marked a long and steady intellectual regress of the Muslim world, but have also simultaneously broaden the research horizon beyond the best-known leading figures, such as Ibn ?azm (d. 456/1064), Ibn Tumart (d. 524/1130), Ibn ?ufayl (d. 581/1185-86), Averroes or Ibn ?Arabi (d. 638/1240). In this respect, the works of Sa?d Gurab, Delfina Serrano Ruano, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Justin K. Stearns, Jan Thiele, Yamina Adouhane, Caitlyn Olson, and Ilyass Amharar revealing the vivid theological and intellectual activity that occurred in Maghrib and al-Andalus after 6th/12th century, including the undeniable steady development of Islamic theology (kalam). Following in the footsteps of this most recent scholarship, the panel shall focus on authors, works, and themes that shape the form and content of theological debate in the Islamic West, taking into consideration primarily (but not exclusively) the historical period that stretches from Almoravid ruling to the establishment of later Berber dynasties (?af?id, Marinid, Zayyanid). In particular, the panel shall host papers that research on:
• The kind of Islamic theology that appears to be dominant in the Islamic West, that is, classical Aš?arism
• the social, religious, and political circumstances that determine certain turning points within the Andalusian and Magribite theological trends.
• The debate over al-Gazali's (d. 505/1111) legacy and the use of falsafa theories in kalam discourse.
• The way Maghribite theologians receive and subsequently re-elaborate the book of other Aš?arite authors such for instance al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013), al-Isfarayyini (d. 418/1027), or al-Guwayni (d. 478/1085).