Science and Civilization between Islam and Christianity

Muhammad Abduh, Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour, Umran Khan

• Publisher: Gingko
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9781914983245
• eBook ISBN: 9781914983252
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

A translation of a seminal work by Muhammad Abduh.

This book is a translation of Muhammad Abduh's Al-Islam wa-l-Nasraniyya maa al-Ilm wa-l-Madaniyya (Science and Civilization between Islam and Christianity). Abduh was an Egyptian jurist, religious scholar, theologian, and reformer of Al-Azhar—Egypt's oldest university and a renowned seat of Islamic learning—who died in 1905. His impact on modern Islam cannot be overstated. In fact, much of modern Muslim thought has, in one way or another, been a reaction to his ideas. Although he is the subject of numerous English studies, only one treatise of his has been translated into English: Risalat al-tawhid (Theology of Unity) by Ishaq Masaad and Kenneth Cragg, in 1966.

Far too little attention has been paid to the treatise translated here and its impact on the Islamic theology of Christianity. This first English translation fills a serious gap in the genre of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations.
 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Translators’ Introduction
• Islam, Muslims, and Colonialism in response to Gabriel Hanotaux
• The Persecution of Knowledge and Civilisation under Christianity in response to Farah Antun
• The Essence of Christianity
• The Essence of Islam Towards Science and Philosophy in Accordance with its Principles
• Europe’s Acquisition of Civilisation from Islam and the Reasons for its General Prominence
• Bibliography
• Index