Abdelnour, Mohammed Gamal (2018) 'Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions.' In: Walters, James, (ed.), Religious Imaginations: How Narratives of Faith are shaping Today's World. London: Gingko, pp. 101-114.
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Muhammad abu Zahra was born on March 29, 1898, in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Following a traditional kuttāb education,² ‘he completed his secondary education at al-Ahmadi mosque in Tanta. In 1916, he entered the School of Shari’ah at al-Azhar in Cairo where he graduated in 1925. From 1932 to 1945, he held an appointment at the college of Usul al-Din, first as a teacher of rhetoric, then as a teacher of the history of religions, denominations, and sects.’³ At al-Azhar today, abu Zahra is looked at as a polymath who has written over a dozen books on different areas,...
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology |
| ISBN: | 9781909942202 |
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77nx4.11 |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2019 13:20 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/31978 |
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