kalam
(kalām)
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Dialectical theology based upon reason and rational investigation. |
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Dialectical theology based upon reason and rational investigation. Kalām seeks to define the articles of faith, but is mostly a polemical and at times apologetic discipline. |
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Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard |
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