Islamic Life and Thought
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Islamic Life and Thought

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Islamic Life and Thought

About this book

This collection of essays by one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars writing in English covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The author has brought together studies dealing with the practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in both their historical and contemporary reality. The contemporary significance of themes such as religion and secularism, the meaning of freedom, and the tradition of Islamic science and philosophy is given particular attention.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415442534
eBook ISBN
9781134538188
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Islamic Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Law and Society
  7. 1 Religion and Secularism, their Meaning and Manifestation in Islamic History
  8. 2 The Concept and Reality of Freedom in Islam and Islamic Civilisation
  9. 3 The SharÄ«ā€˜ah and Changing Historical Conditions
  10. 4 The Immutable Principles of Islam and Westernised Education in the Islamic World
  11. Cultural and Intellectual Life
  12. 5 A Typological Study of Islamic Culture
  13. 6 A Panorama of Classical Islamic Intellectual Life
  14. The Sciences
  15. 7 The Cosmologies of Aristotle and Ibn Sīnā: a Comparative Study in the Light of Islamic Doctrines
  16. 8 The Meaning of Nature in Various Perspectives in Islam
  17. 9 Hermes and Hermetic Writings in the Islamic World
  18. 10 From the Alchemy of Jābir to the Chemistry of Rāzī
  19. 11 The Study of Natural History in the Islamic World
  20. Philosophy
  21. 12 The Pertinence of Studying Islamic Philosophy Today
  22. 13 Islamic Philosophy ā€“ Reorientation or Re-understanding
  23. 14 The Life, Doctrines and Significance of Sadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī (Mullā Sadrā)
  24. 15 Mullā Sadrā as a Source for the History of Islamic Philosophy
  25. 16 Mullā Sadrā and the Doctrine of the Unity of Being
  26. 17 The Polarisation of Being
  27. Sufism
  28. 18 The Interior Life in Islam
  29. 19 Contemplation and Nature in the Perspective of Sufism
  30. Postscript: The Islamic Response to Certain Contemporary Questions
  31. Jesus Through the Eyes of Islam
  32. The Role of Women ā€“ The Islamic View
  33. Why do Muslims Fast?
  34. Why We Should Keep the Hijrah Calendar
  35. Index