Christian Defence of Free Will in Debate with Muslims in the Early Islamic Period

Two Christian theologians writing in Arabic in the early ninth century argued that God had created humanity to freely choose good or evil actions, a belief shared universally by previous Christian writers in Greek and Syriac no matter the denomination they came from. They were debating with Muslim i...

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Main Author: Beaumont, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Transformation
Year: 2019, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 149-163
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
NBE Anthropology
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Free Will
B Determinism
B Evil
B Rewards
B Good
B Judgment
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