マートゥリーディー学派研究の諸側面

抄録

The recent few decades have seen a growing number of studies on Māturīdism. At the same time, revision and publication of writings of Māturīdītes are proceeding apace. This study reconsiders past and present studies regarding Māturīdism and measures their scope and possible applications. Māturīdism can be helpful in four categories of applied research. First, Māturīdism should be reconsidered as a representative of the rationalistic tide in Sunnī theology. Therefore, it could lead to the societal cultivation of common ethics that can be shared with non-Muslims who do not accept the same revelatory values that Muslims do. Second, studies in Māturīdism may be applied to examine the internal and theoretical correlations between a legal madhhab and theological school, because Māturīdism is strongly connected to the Ḥanafī school of law. Third, studies on Māturīdism would be useful for reconsideration of the expansion process of Islam and development of thoughts in respective areas. Finally, Māturīdism may be an undeniable factor in contemporary activities and issues, e.g., in da‘wah activities in non-Muslim countries, and in the theological disputes between Salafism and traditional Sunnī regime, i.e., Ash‘arī-Māturīdism. Studies of Māturīdism may enrich the research perspectives of Islamic thought and Sunnī speculative theology, adding a new element to the ongoing discussion of contemporary issues.