The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam /
By: Akhtar, Shabbir
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: viii, 400 p ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415437820 (hardback); 0415437822 (hardback); 9780415437837 (pbk.); 0415437830 (pbk.)Subject(s): Koran -- Evidences, authority, etc | Koran -- Evidences, authority, etc | Islam and secularism | Islamic philosophy | Islam | Secularism | Islamic philosophyDDC classification: 297.2 | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 297.2 AK QU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0038765 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-392) and index.
Pt. I. Quranic Islam and the secular mind -- Locating Islam in the modern world -- Human reason and divine revelation -- The moral challenge of secular humanism -- Pt. II. An Arabic Quran: assessing its authority -- The book sent down -- The book as the frustrater -- The scope of the book -- The authority of the book -- Pt. III. A Quranic Lebenswelt in a secular age -- A sign is enough - for the wise -- Faith and the varieties of rejection -- Human nature and the Quran -- Greater is God! -- Pt. IV. Conclusions -- Preface to a philosophy of Islam.
Argues that Islam is uniquely able to confront the challenges posed by secularism, with the modern Judeo-Christian tradition effectively a form of liberal humanism in disguise, and that the Quran can and should be studied from a philosophical, rather than only theological, perspective.
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