Impulse of Freedom in Islam, 9781584201632
Paperback
This collection of essays on the tension between freedom and predestination in Islam inspired by Steiner’s work offers interested non-Muslims a rare opportunity to examine a frequently misunderstood aspect of one of the world’s fastest growing religions.

Impulse of Freedom in Islam

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    29 April 2014

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Summary

The word Islam means ‘surrender to God’, a difficult concept in our secular Western culture. Among other things, it indicates dependence and predestination. Allah calls on human beings to surrender in freedom to their God (Sura 96). Allah is merciful and forgiving; at the same time, however, Allah is the all-seeing one and the one who humbles. In Islam, free will and predestination have an uneasy relationship with each other – but isn’t this true for every religion? In this collection of essa…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781584201632
ISBN-10:1584201630
Author:John Schaik, Christine Gruwez, Cilia Horst
Publisher:Steinerbooks, Inc
Imprint:Lindisfarne Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:29 April 2014
Weight:310g
Dimensions:155mm x 231mm
About The Author

John Schaik

John van Schaik studied medieval mysticism and gnosticism at the University of Utrecht and the University of Antwerp, specializing in the relationship between esoteric Christianity and the established Church. He did his PhD at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He is a co-founder and Director of the Origenes Institute in the Netherlands. He is the author of Why Jesus Didn’t Marry Mary Magdalene (Floris Books 2006). Christine Gruwez taught at the Waldorf School in Antwerp for a decade, and now teaches at Emerson College, at the Goetheanum and in Japan. Cilia ter Horst studied religion and Arabic at the University of Amsterdam, with a dissertation on ‘Freedom in Islam’. She teaches philosophy.

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