Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Scope of Ibn Arabi's Pluralism - Degrees of Inclusivity

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dc.contributor Rizvi, Sajjad
dc.creator Abdel-Hadi, F
dc.date 2022-08-30T08:44:25Z
dc.date 2022-08-15
dc.date 2022-08-25T19:43:02Z
dc.date 2022-08-30T08:44:25Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-23T12:15:49Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-23T12:15:49Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10871/130585
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/258597
dc.description This thesis investigates the relationship between religious pluralism and the writings of the Sufi philosopher Ibn ʿArabī, and to what extent he promotes them. Using a framework inspired by Muḥammad Legenhausen, it is argued that Ibn ʿArabī presents one form of a nonreductionist approach to religious plurality and inclusivism. There are thus three primary “inclusions” investigated: the inclusion of the divinely-revealed laws (sharāʾiʿ) under the Muḥammadan Law, the inclusion of all man-made laws (nawāmīs) likewise under Muḥammad’s Law, and the inclusion of all sects and factions regardless of their divine or human origins. It is the non-Abrahamic religions that are of particular concern for the purposes of our inquiry. The first two inclusions are indeed accepted by Ibn ʿArabī, within certain limitations. But the third inclusion, represented by Henry Corbin’s interpretation of Ḥaydar Āmulī, remains highly inconclusive given the exclusivist nature of the latter’s orthodoxy. In short, Ibn ʿArabī remains a strongly pluralistic writer once certain, specific exclusivist concerns of his are taken into account.
dc.publisher University of Exeter
dc.publisher College of Social Sciences and International Studies
dc.rights 2025-08-31
dc.rights http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
dc.subject Religious Pluralism
dc.subject Ibn Arabi
dc.subject Religion
dc.subject Sufism
dc.title Scope of Ibn Arabi's Pluralism - Degrees of Inclusivity
dc.type Thesis or dissertation
dc.type PhD in Islamic Philosophy
dc.type Doctoral
dc.type Doctoral Thesis


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