EP.50-Philosophy and Religion between al-Kindi and al-Razi

This episode highlights two perspectives in early philosophy within Muslim contexts. Al-Kindi (d. 860s) viewed philosophy and religion as compatible and important whereas al-Razi (d.925) was skeptical of revelation and prophets. 

Sources and further readings:

A History of Islamic Philosophy           by Majid Fakhry

Islamic Philosophy A-Z                          by Peter S. Groff

Islamic Philosophy: an Introduction   by Oliver Leaman

The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy   Edited by P. Adamson/R.C. Taylor