Ramon Harvey

This course is starting next weekend! Join me to read a short but profound Maturidi kalam text cover to cover and to discuss key theological principles plus their relevance today. forms.gle/L12W7nvAXkcw...

I hope you enjoy this labour of love and that it is productive in some way in your work. Your comments or even a review somewhere would be much appreciated.

I am teaching Abu Salama al-Samarqandi’s Jumal usul al-din for a second time! This is an introduction to early Samarqandi Maturidi theology and an access point for a future multi-part course on al-Maturidi’s own Kitab al-tawhid. Further details/sign up: forms.gle/L12W7nvAXkcw...

New arrival. Hussein Abdulsater’s major new book. Al-Jahiz as a theologian and social empiricist, and how that alters received 3/9th century intellectual history. It was a pleasure to edit this masterful work. edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...

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Based on IHUP’s past pattern, it should be up on there in 1-2 weeks (I hope). And on Amazon at some point thereafter. I don’t have a copy yet!

Thanks Phil! It’s nice to finally be able to share this publicly, and it will be even better when people can get their hands on it - hopefully soon.

For those who haven’t heard, I’m happy to say I’ve edited, annotated and introduced the first scholarly English version of Kitab al-tawhid, translated by Tahir Uluç. Our edition not only makes al-Maturidi’s theology accessible but allows his book to take its place as a classic of world literature.

I'm teaching my book Transcendent God, Rational World: A Maturidi Theology for the first time online from 20th April. Covering a chapter a week, this course is for both new readers looking for a guide and anyone interested in discussing my ideas. Details and sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Hadith Commentary: Continuity and Change, is now available to pre-order in paperback!

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30% off when ordering direct from EUP — code is PAPER30.

This CfP closes tomorrow. Go ahead and join the last-minute rush!

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My survey of "medieval" Islamic theology (history and themes) has been published by Routledge. Good for beginners, yet of interest to scholars too, and great for reading lists. The resource is not very accessible, so here you go: ramonharvey.com/wp-content/u...

Calling scholars! Abstract submissions for Proofs of God’s Existence in Islamic Thought, a global online conference hosted @ Cambridge Muslim College by myself and Shoaib Malik close at the end of this month. Further details and submission form are here: cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/research/exist…

A new arrival from Suheil Laher. The definitive treatment of the origins and development across disciplines of tawatur (mass transmission). A great achievement! Further details: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-tawatur-i…

I am pleased to announce that I have been promoted to Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim College. I am grateful for all the support of my scholarship that has made this milestone possible.

Last day to pick up paperback copies of my books for under £15/$20 each! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-qur... / edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transce...

The 50% off St Andrew's Day Sale is returning this weekend (Sat 30th Nov and Sunday 1st Dec). This would be a great time to pick up titles in Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology. The deal should also apply to pre-orders. edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...

The Edinburgh University Press' St. Andrew's Day sale is coming up November 30th and December 1st. 50% off all books. Including the Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art.

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YouTube video by Blogging Theology Why Maturidi Theology is Relevant today with Dr Ramon Harvey

I recently appeared on Blogging Theology to discuss my book Transcendent God, Rational World, the Maturidi kalam tradition, as well as Islamic theology and philosophy more broadly. Check it out. youtu.be/I2Znv-1YwAs?...

If you’re interested in Islamic theology, make sure to follow @ramonharvey.bsky.social - I can’t recommend his work too highly, especially his most recent book, which is open access here:

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I don't know. Maybe a habit connected with Twitter censoring reference to Bluesky.

Trying this site out again based on rumours that it is increasingly better for academics than the other. Most of my teaching and research at the moment is on Islamic theology (esp. Maturidism), especially in dialogue with analytic and phenomenological philosophy. Would be nice to connect/reconnect.

Congratulations to I-Wen Su from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. She has successfully contracted her monograph on the formation of early Sunni identity and the idea of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs with Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology at Edinburgh University Press!

It does not follow from us contingently existing and God necessarily existing that we do not truly exist. We exist in a state of dependency on God, and at a location in space and time. These aspects of contingency are negated from God in His necessary and timeless existence.

There’s a kind of online Islamic theology account. Usually completely or semi-anon. Probably madrasa education or equivalent. Competent to excellent Arabic. Can argue the best school opinion from a dozen texts but struggles to make a historical or contemporary argument. Interesting phenomenon.