The Status of Reason Among First Christian Arab Theologians: Theodore Abū Qurra, Abū Rā’iṭa al-Takrīti and ‘Ammār al-Baṣri. KU Leuven
After the Islamic conquests, especially under the Abbasid caliphate, Christians of Syria and Iraq faced the new challenge of defending their faith against Islam and other Christian denominations by utilizing the Arabic language. To find a common ground with their Muslim counterparts, Arab Christians relied primarily on rational argumentation. This research aims to investigate the status of Reason among the first Christian Arab theologians, ...