Harun Nasution

Harun Nasution studierte u. a. an der al-Azhar-Universität in Kairo und ab 1962 am Institute of Islamic Studies der McGill-Universität in Montréal. 1969 schloss er mit einem Ph.D. mit einer Diss. über die Theologie Muhammad Abduhs und muʿtazilitische Einflüsse auf diese ab. Er lehrte am IAIN (Institut Agama Islam Negeri / Staatliches Islamisches Institut) in Jakarta.[2]

Zu den grundlegenden Lehren der Muʿtazila schreibt er:

it is possible to discern a form of rationalism, but not a rationalism that opposes religion or rejects the absolute truth of revelation... It is also possible to discern a form of naturalism, but not an atheistic naturalism that denies the existence and greatness of God... There is also human freedom and dynamism, but not absolute freedom from the design established by God... The doctrines of dynamism, human freedom and accountability, rationalism and naturalism taught by the Mu'tazila contributed significantly to the development of philosophy and the religious and secular sciences during the Classical Period of Islamic civilization.[3]

• Liste mutazilitischer Theologen

• Fauzan Saleh: Modern Trends in Islamic Theological Discourse in 20th Century Indonesia: A Critical Survey (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia). 2001 (Online-Teilansicht)
• Syed Muhd. Khairudin Aljunied, Khairudin Aljunied (Hrsg.): Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia. 2022 (Online-Teilansicht)
• Richard C. Martin, Mark Woodward and Dwi S. Atmaja: Defenders of Reason in Islam: Mu'tazililism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol. 1997

• Harun Nasution’s influence on shaping Muslim intellectual’s development in Indonesia - Imron Rosidi (Abstract)

1. Harun Nasution’s influence on shaping Muslim intellectual’s development in Indonesia -Imron Rosidi (Abstract)
2. vgl. DNB
3. Harun Nasution: "The Mu'tazila and Rational Philosophy' translated in Defenders of Reason in Islam, Martin et al, pp.191-92.