This paper seeks to re-examine
previous comparative work done on one of North Africa’s most important Ibāḍī theological texts, al-Radd ʿalā al-Jahālāt, through the wider lens of the
development of Ibāḍī theology and Ibāḍī creedal literature in North Africa. More specifically, this
paper will look at the influence of the key text Kitāb al-Tawḥīd by the Ibāḍī theologian ʿAbdullah
b. Yazīd al-Fazārī on a wide range of theological discussions
that took place in the process of the formation of Ibāḍī creeds, and specifically on Kitāb al-Tawḥīd’s influence on the text of al-Radd
ʿalā al-Jahālāt. That work will enable us to
draw firmer conclusions on al-Fazārī’s place in the different debates
between opposing Ibāḍī camps in North Africa during
the period of Ibadi formation, and from there on through the centuries.
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