22/05/2024 08:30 - 16:30

HALL: LA PIRA - ROOM 1

Proponent: Gallien C., Saad E.

Chair: Sinani B.

Speaker: Aweida U., Gallien C., Gintsburg S., Khalid H., Ogunnaike O., Saad E., Sami M., Tachouche B., Visram I.

On the contemporary academic scene, whether one looks into seminar programmes or handbooks, the discourse on Islamic theology is reduced to 'ilm al-kalam, due in part to the dissociation of literary productions from an underlying theological and ethical framework in the modern European episteme. This partition is alien to the Islamic tradition, in which the discipline of speculative theology and dogmatics not just coexisted but was consubstantial with other rich forms of inquiry into the divine and into human relations with the divine.


Our panel aims to address Islamic theology beyond the specific discipline of ilm al-kalam, enquiring into the translation of theological discourse between genres and forms, the role of poetics in the formulation of specific theological points and debates. A key concern for this panel is to locate theological engagement beyond the intellect, by considering how poetry brings the other human faculties, such as imagination, intuition, emotion, and sense perception, into play when approaching the Divine.