“It is in fact revelation itself that makes Islam a religion of liberation for mankind, freeing God’s servants from all forms of sacerdotalism, ecclesialism, caesaro-papism, Ma ‘munism, esotericism, or neo-Mu’tazilism.”
From “Revelation” by Yahya Michot in The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology, edited by Tim Winter.
January 12, 2009 at 10:18 pm |
Mashallah, how perfectly incomprehensible.
September 27, 2009 at 11:23 am |
I think I know what all the terms, but I’m not sure what the author’s declaration really means, at least based purely on this snippet (interesting as it is).
I’ll take a stab:
sacerdotalism=reliance on priests by believers in their relationship with God
ecclesialism=reliance on churches/sects in the same
caesaro-papism=merging of church & state
Ma ‘munism=religious tyranny & intolerance
esotericism=concern with secret or obscure matters
neo-Mu’tazilism =over-reliance on logic and personal opinion