, ,August 2026 ,Pages 713-721
Asst.L.Mahdi Hama Saeed Mohammed1
Throughout its long history, Islamic theology (*) has played multiple roles, most notably defending the tenets of Islam against internal and external philosophical and theological objections. Later, it evolved into scholastic forms with complex terminology and inherited dialectical methods. In several of his books, Muhsin Abd al-Hamid points out that the problem with “classical theology” lies not in its initial focus on doctrine, but rather in the fact that much of its content and tools have become rigid frameworks that fail to produce genuine conviction for contemporary individuals, nor do they establish an effective connection between faith and action within the social and cultural landscape.
This research examines Dr. Muhsin Abd al-Hamid’s project to renew Islamic theology, viewing it as a conscious attempt to reconnect doctrine with revelation and reality, liberating it from “Aristotelian constraints” and from the later scholastic frameworks that have deepened the disconnect between faith and life. The research begins with a central question: How did Abd al-Hamid formulate a new theological methodology that severed the link between the formulation of doctrine and Aristotelian logic, establishing instead a “Quranic methodology” based on innate human nature and the signs of the universe, integrating revelation and reason within a broader civilizational project?
The research concludes that Abd al-Hamid’s renewal of theology (*) is a renewal in function, methodology, and language: from defensive to constructive discourse, and from conventional argumentation to living Qur’anic certainty, with a recommendation to rewrite university-level theological texts according to this perspective.