Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Theology, Theologians, Teaching, Teachers, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī was among the last representatives of Islamic theology to espouse the systematic orthodox school founded by al-Ashʿarī. An itinerant scholar, al-Rāzī’s personal contributions as a teacher left an indelible mark on the intellectual life of the eastern provinces of the late twelfth and early thirteenth century Islamic Caliphate; his writings were distributed widely, in both the Iranian (eastern) and Arabic (western) provinces of the caliphs’ empire.
Early Life
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, whose full name was...
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