Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Ashariyyah, the Sunni school of theology founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari that mediated between Mutazili rationalism and traditionist anthropomorphism.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Ashariyyah, written and edited under the encyclopedia's own named editorial staff rather than an outside academic peer review process, hence the middle tier for a professionally edited general reference. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the bila kayfa formula and its place between anthropomorphism and figurative reading.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Ashariyyah
Source Typereference
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This source names Al-Ash'ari directly: "Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Ashariyyah, the Sunni school of theology founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari that mediated between Mutazili rationalism and traditionist..."
This source names Sunni directly: "reference entry on the Ashariyyah, the Sunni school of theology founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari that mediated between Mutazili rationalism and traditionist anthropomorphism."
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- Articles, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 connected, 3 general references.
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