Faith-centered rationalism: The geometry of the connection between reason and religion in the thought of Sinai and Razi.

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Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.22080/jepr.2026.31522.1328

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The relationship between reason and religion within the domain of religious knowledge is a central dispute among philosophers of religion. The place of reason in determining the validity of a system of religious beliefs in the geometry of religious knowledge, . Various views have been expressed on this matter. The main issue of this study is the conceptualization of the relationship between reason and religion in the system of religious knowledge held by Avicenna and Fakhr al-Razi. To address this, attention is paid to the semantic and epistemological analysis of reason and religion. This is a fundamental, analytical, and problem-centered study using a library research method. The findings indicate that Avicenna, in assessing the relationship between reason and religion, considers reason to be the lamp of religion and the standard for the epistemic validity of religious knowledge. In the geometry of Fakhr al-Razi's religious knowledge, reason is the measure of religion in the first period of his life, but the later Fakhr considers reason to be the epistemological source of religion and attributes greater importance to the Shari'a and religious claims. Both Avicenna and Fakhr consider reason and tradition to be valid sources for the formation of human knowledge about religion. Their interpretation and analysis are based on a rational approach within the context of religious teachings. Their effort to rationalize religion reflects the high status and functions of reason. Rational faith is the most important feature of the geometry of religious knowledge in both Avicenna and Razi.

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