A Preliminary Discourse on The Islamic Scientific Study of Religion With Reference To The Muslim Scholarship in Religionswissenschaft
This article discusses the possibility of the Islamic scientific study of religion in the academia. In the Muslim scholarship of religionswissenschaft, many scholars had emerged and contributed to this particular field. Many international scholars; Muslims or non-Muslims alike; recognized Muslim...
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Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9825 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the possibility of the Islamic scientific study of religion
in the academia. In the Muslim scholarship of religionswissenschaft,
many scholars had emerged and contributed to this particular field. Many
international scholars; Muslims or non-Muslims alike; recognized Muslim
scholarship in religionswissenschaft. However, no scholars ever acknowledge
Muslim scholarship in religionswissenschaft as an Islamic scientific study of
religion due to the issue of the relationship between religion and science,
philosophies of science, as well as the demarcation theory. This article
suggests that the Islamic scientific study of religion is possible based on the
justifications highlighted by a number of scholars on the possibility of the
Islamic science. In simulating the actual model of Islamic scientific study of
religion, this article highlights preliminary and precursory samples found
in the works of Al-Biruni and Ibn Khaldun on religions, altogether with the
acknowledgements they received by modern readers of their epoch-making
works. |
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