The book Critical Essays on the Philosophy of Religion, authored by Mohammad Arab Salehi, has been published by the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought. This Persian work is presented in two independent volumes and addresses foundational issues in the philosophy of religion.
- Volume I: Reason – Revelation (311 pages) explores the ideas of the “Neo‑Muʿtazilite” movement in the two central domains of reason and revelation. The author examines how some of these views stand in tension with traditional religious teachings and analyzes their theoretical dimensions.
- Volume II: Historicity of Religion – Hermeneutics (258 pages) continues the discussions of the first volume, focusing on Neo‑Muʿtazilite perspectives on religious sources and hermeneutics. Its main themes include critical examination of the historicity of religious sources, methods of interpreting texts, reconsideration of historical contexts in the comprehension of religious meaning, and analysis of debates concerning hermeneutic theory.
By integrating philosophical and historical analyses, the collection provides a framework for studying the Neo‑Muʿtazilite movement and its impact on debates concerning reason, revelation, historicity of religion, and hermeneutics. The book enables a comparative and critical exploration of this intellectual current within the philosophy of religion and provides a foundation for further research in this domain.
