All Outputs (15)

The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya (2024)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (in press). The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya. In W. Amin, S. Rizvi, & A. Hughes (Eds.), Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s). AMI Press

The Muslim Theologian Ibn Taymiyyah on God, Creation, and Time (2022)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2022). The Muslim Theologian Ibn Taymiyyah on God, Creation, and Time. In M. Schmücker, M. T. Williams, & F. Fischer (Eds.), Temporality and Eternity: Nine Perspectives on God and Time (89-104). Berlin: De Gruyter

Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes (2020)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2020). Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes. In A. Shihadeh, & J. Thiele (Eds.), Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ashʿarism East and West (195-230). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004426610_009

Modern research on theological production in the early Mamlūk sultanate of Egypt and Syria has focused primarily on the prolific Ḥanbalī theologians Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751/1350).2 This does not mean, however, th... Read More about Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes.

Foundations of Ibn Taymiyya's religious utilitarianism (2019)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2019). Foundations of Ibn Taymiyya's religious utilitarianism. In P. Adamson (Ed.), Philosophy and jurisprudence in the Islamic world (145-168). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110552386

Reason and the Proof Value of Revelation in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s late kalām works Taʾsīs al-taqdīs, Maʿālim uṣūl al-dīn, and al-Arbaʿīn fī uṣūl al-dīn (2019)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2019). Reason and the Proof Value of Revelation in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s late kalām works Taʾsīs al-taqdīs, Maʿālim uṣūl al-dīn, and al-Arbaʿīn fī uṣūl al-dīn. In M. El Kaisy-Friemuth, R. Hajatpour, & M. Abdel Rahem (Eds.), Rationalität in der Islamischen Theologie. Band I: Die klassische Periode (373-390). De Gruyter

What would Ibn Taymiyya make of intertextual study of the Qurʾān? The challenge of the isrāʾīliyyāt (2019)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2019). What would Ibn Taymiyya make of intertextual study of the Qurʾān? The challenge of the isrāʾīliyyāt. In H. Zellentin (Ed.), The Qurʾān’s Reformation of Judaism and Christianity: Return to the Origins (25-30). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315124278

Ibn Taymiyya’s use of Ibn Rushd to refute the incorporealism of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (2018)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2018). Ibn Taymiyya’s use of Ibn Rushd to refute the incorporealism of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. In A. Al Ghouz (Ed.), Islamic Philosophy from the 12th till the 14th Century (469-492). Goettingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Reconciling Ibn Taymiyya’s legitimisation of violence with his vision of universal salvation (2018)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2018). Reconciling Ibn Taymiyya’s legitimisation of violence with his vision of universal salvation. In Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism (107-116). Edinburgh University Press

Early and medieval Muslim attitudes towards Christian doctrines (2017)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2017). Early and medieval Muslim attitudes towards Christian doctrines. In D. Thomas (Ed.), Routledge handbook on Christian-Muslim relations. Routledge

Ibn taymiyya between moderation and radicalism (2016)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2016). Ibn taymiyya between moderation and radicalism. In E. Kendall, & A. Khan (Eds.), Reclaiming Islamic tradition: modern interpretations of the classical heritage. Edinburgh University Press

Why the Bible matters: Islamic studies (2016)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2016). Why the Bible matters: Islamic studies. In C. Crouch, R. Deines, & M. Wreford (Eds.), Why does the Bible matter? The significance of the Bible for contemporary life. Bible Society

Ḥanbalī theology (2016)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2016). Ḥanbalī theology. In S. Schmidtke (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199696703.001.0001

The modern study of Ḥanbalī theology was initially plagued by the problem of viewing Ḥanbalism through the eyes of its Ashʿarī opponents. I. Goldziher (d. 1921) and D. B. Macdonald (d. 1943) labelled the Ḥanbalīs ‘reactionary’ and bemoaned the harm t... Read More about Ḥanbalī theology.

Withholding Judgment on Islamic Universalism: Ibn al-Wazīr (d. 840/1436) on the Duration and Purpose of Hell-Fire (2016)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2016). Withholding Judgment on Islamic Universalism: Ibn al-Wazīr (d. 840/1436) on the Duration and Purpose of Hell-Fire. In C. Lang (Ed.), Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions (208-237). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004301368_011

A Muslim conflict over universal salvation (2015)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2015). A Muslim conflict over universal salvation. In H. Bacon, W. Dossett, & S. Knowles (Eds.), Alternative salvations: engaging the sacred and the secular. Bloomsbury Academic

Muslim-Christian relations and peacemaking in the Arab World (2014)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2014). Muslim-Christian relations and peacemaking in the Arab World. In R. R. King, & S. Tan (Eds.), (un)Common sounds: songs of peace and reconciliation among Muslims and Christians. Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock Publishers)