LEGITIMACY QUESTION OF KALAM -RELATION BETWEEN KALAM OF AHL AL-SUNNAH AND FACTUAL REALITY

Yıl 2005, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3, 175 - 194, 31.12.2005

Galip Türcan

Öz

Kalam is a science that determines the convictional construction of the religion con- sidering the content/subject and the method. In particular, following the life and its change, Kalam evaluates the effect of every new arising attitude on the individual and the community and its reflection on the convictional conduct according to the sources and general principles of the religion. In this study, we examine the interaction between Kalam and fact, and that to what extent it is natural, particularly in the examples of Ha- san Basri, Abu Hanifa and Ashari. Thus, we expect that opposing to the claims which are based on the religious arguments, it will be proved that there is a necessary relation between Kalam and factual reality

KELÂM’IN MEŞRÛİYETİ SORUNU -EHL-İ SÜNNET KELAMI VE OLGUSAL GERÇEKLİK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Öz

Kalam is a science that determines the convictional construction of the religion considering
the content/subject and the method. In particular, following the life and its
change, Kalam evaluates the effect of every new arising attitude on the individual and
the community and its reflection on the convictional conduct according to the sources
and general principles of the religion. In this study, we examine the interaction between
Kalam and fact, and that to what extent it is natural, particularly in the examples of Hasan
Basri, Abu Hanifa and Ashari. Thus, we expect that opposing to the claims which are
based on the religious arguments, it will be proved that there is a necessary relation
between Kalam and factual reality.