Islam and knowledge: Al Faruqi's concept of religion in Islamic thought: essays in Honor of Isma'il Al Faruqi

This is an era when the Islamic World is making a range of attempts to redefine itself and to grapple with the challenges of modernity. Many schools of thought have emerged which seek to position modern Islam within the context of a rapidly changing contemporary world. Exploring and defining the rel...

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Other Authors: Ali Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: I.B. Tauris 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/104040/1/104040_Islam%20and%20knowledge.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/104040/
https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/islam-and-knowledge-al-faruqis-concept-of-religion-in-islamic-thought/introduction
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Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:This is an era when the Islamic World is making a range of attempts to redefine itself and to grapple with the challenges of modernity. Many schools of thought have emerged which seek to position modern Islam within the context of a rapidly changing contemporary world. Exploring and defining the relationship between religion and knowledge, Ismail Rafi Al-Faruqi, a distinguished 20th century Arab-American scholar of Islam, formulated ideas which have made substantial contributions to the Islam-and-modernity discourse. His review of the interaction between Islam and knowledge examines the philosophy behind this relationship, and the ways in which Islam can relate to our understanding of science, the arts, architecture, technology and other knowledge-based fields of enquiry. This book includes contributions from Seyyed Hossein Nasr, John Esposito, Charles Fletcher and others, and will prove an essential reference point for scholars of Islam and students of philosophy and comparative religion.