Blog post: The Sins of the Father: Theodicy, Salvation and the Enslavement of Children in Some Kalām Texts

Anchassi, Omar (20 July 2023). Blog post: The Sins of the Father: Theodicy, Salvation and the Enslavement of Children in Some Kalām Texts.

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This blog post explores the following questions:

In early kalām (Islamic theology), juristic debates on the lawfulness of killing children feature alongside discussions of children’s salvation in the Hereafter. It is easy to see how the two points are related: should one distinguish between unbelieving adult males and their offspring in the conduct of war, and if so, do the latter share the otherworldly fate of the former? In a word, are children punished—in this world and the next—for the sins of their fathers?

Item Type:	Other
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institut für Studien zum Nahen Osten und zu muslimischen Gesellschaften
UniBE Contributor:	Anchassi, Omar Walid
Subjects:	200 Religion > 290 Other religions
Language:	English
Submitter:	Omar Walid Anchassi
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2024 10:56
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2024 10:56
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/195360