Mohammad Hassan Khalil
Biographic Data
| ID | 122148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammad Hassan Khalil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammad Hassan |
| FAMILY NAME | Khalil |
| SIGNATURE | KHALIL M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islam and the Possibility of World Redemption
Rosenzweig’s account of Islamic universalism might lead us to question the extent of that universalism itself. In the context of Islam, it is widely understood that the possibility of redemption is available to “righteous” believers. But what about the world as a whole, the world beyond the realm of righteous believers? These questions have not elicited straightforward responses, as Muslim theologians have long debated the question of who exactly…
Muhammad and the Empires of Faith
When Sean W. Anthony arrived at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) with a Mellon fellowship in the fall of 2013, he was intending to work on a book on early Shi’i apocalypticism. Instead, he spent much of that autumn grappling with the question of the historical Muhammad. The topics he investigated at IAS would figure significantly in his recently published book, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam. B…
Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Is Islam fundamentally violent? For influential New Atheists such as Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Richard Dawkins, the answer is an emphatic yes, largely because of the Islamic doctrine of jihad. According to this view, when al-Qaeda plotted 9/11 or ISIS planned any one of its recent terrorist attacks, they were acting in accord with Islamic scripture. Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism scrutinizes this claim by comparing the conflicting …
Between heaven and hell
Saving/damning non‐Muslims through translation
Though most Muslims do not consider translations of the Qur'an to be equivalent to the Arabic original, the overwhelming majority of believers do not understand Arabic and must rely on translators' interpretations. But since the Qur'an is widely considered the revealed word of God, there are great implications attached to any particular translator's word selections and parenthetical insertions. This is especially evident when considering the topi…
Islam and the Fate of Others
"Can non-Muslims be saved? And can those who are damned to Hell ever be redeemed? In Islam and the Fate of Others, Mohammad Hassan Khalil examines the writings of influential medieval and modern Muslim scholars on the controversial and consequential question of non-Muslim salvation. This is an illuminating study of four of the most prominent figures in the history of Islam: Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn Taymiyya, and Rashid Rida. Khalil demonstrates t…
Salvation and the 'Other' in Islamic Thought
In recent decades, certain prominent Muslim academics have produced works written in English that portray Islam as a pluralistic faith, specifically one that affirms the salvific efficacy of other religious traditions. These advocates of Islamic pluralism hold that even a non-Muslim who has a deep understanding of Islamic revelation yet chooses to remain as an 'Other' may attain salvation and dwell in Paradise. Although these scholars tend to ref…
Conversion Out of Islam
Peer Reviewed
A Closer Look at the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Western Obsession with the Medieval Muslim Theological Obsession with Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is a topic that has attracted much attention from both medieval Muslim theologians and modern Western scholars. By examining the development of the medieval Muslim Rationalist-Traditionalist discourse surrounding this issue, and Western academic discussions of that discourse, I shall attempt to explain why the issue of anthropomorphism has repeatedly dominated discussions on Islamic theology. I will also attempt to show how vario…
Conversion Out of Islam
Peer Reviewed
Salvation and the 'Other' in Islamic Thought
In recent decades, certain prominent Muslim academics have produced works written in English that portray Islam as a pluralistic faith, specifically one that affirms the salvific efficacy of other religious traditions. These advocates of Islamic pluralism hold that even a non-Muslim who has a deep understanding of Islamic revelation yet chooses to remain as an 'Other' may attain salvation and dwell in Paradise. Although these scholars tend to ref…
A Closer Look at the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Western Obsession with the Medieval Muslim Theological Obsession with Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is a topic that has attracted much attention from both medieval Muslim theologians and modern Western scholars. By examining the development of the medieval Muslim Rationalist-Traditionalist discourse surrounding this issue, and Western academic discussions of that discourse, I shall attempt to explain why the issue of anthropomorphism has repeatedly dominated discussions on Islamic theology. I will also attempt to show how vario…
Conversion Out of Islam
Peer Reviewed
Salvation and the 'Other' in Islamic Thought
In recent decades, certain prominent Muslim academics have produced works written in English that portray Islam as a pluralistic faith, specifically one that affirms the salvific efficacy of other religious traditions. These advocates of Islamic pluralism hold that even a non-Muslim who has a deep understanding of Islamic revelation yet chooses to remain as an 'Other' may attain salvation and dwell in Paradise. Although these scholars tend to ref…
Islam and the Fate of Others
"Can non-Muslims be saved? And can those who are damned to Hell ever be redeemed? In Islam and the Fate of Others, Mohammad Hassan Khalil examines the writings of influential medieval and modern Muslim scholars on the controversial and consequential question of non-Muslim salvation. This is an illuminating study of four of the most prominent figures in the history of Islam: Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn Taymiyya, and Rashid Rida. Khalil demonstrates t…
Between heaven and hell
Saving/damning non‐Muslims through translation
Though most Muslims do not consider translations of the Qur'an to be equivalent to the Arabic original, the overwhelming majority of believers do not understand Arabic and must rely on translators' interpretations. But since the Qur'an is widely considered the revealed word of God, there are great implications attached to any particular translator's word selections and parenthetical insertions. This is especially evident when considering the topi…
Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Is Islam fundamentally violent? For influential New Atheists such as Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Richard Dawkins, the answer is an emphatic yes, largely because of the Islamic doctrine of jihad. According to this view, when al-Qaeda plotted 9/11 or ISIS planned any one of its recent terrorist attacks, they were acting in accord with Islamic scripture. Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism scrutinizes this claim by comparing the conflicting …
Muhammad and the Empires of Faith
When Sean W. Anthony arrived at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) with a Mellon fellowship in the fall of 2013, he was intending to work on a book on early Shi’i apocalypticism. Instead, he spent much of that autumn grappling with the question of the historical Muhammad. The topics he investigated at IAS would figure significantly in his recently published book, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam. B…
Islam and the Possibility of World Redemption
Rosenzweig’s account of Islamic universalism might lead us to question the extent of that universalism itself. In the context of Islam, it is widely understood that the possibility of redemption is available to “righteous” believers. But what about the world as a whole, the world beyond the realm of righteous believers? These questions have not elicited straightforward responses, as Muslim theologians have long debated the question of who exactly…
Islam (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Theology (9 works) · Islamic Studies and History (7 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)