Islamic Life and Thought

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ISBN: 9780415442534 | 0415442532
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/25/2007

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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.

Introduction	p. 1
Law and Society
Religion and Secularism, their Meaning and Manifestation in Islamic History	p. 7
The Concept and Reality of Freedom in Islam and Islamic Civilisation	p. 16
The Shari'ah and Changing Historical Conditions	p. 24
The Immutable Principles of Islam and Westernised Education in the Islamic World	p. 31
Cultural and Intellectual Life
A Typological Study of Islamic Culture	p. 39
A Panorama of Classical Islamic Intellectual Life	p. 55
The Sciences
The Cosmologies of Aristotle and Ibn Sina: a Comparative Study in the Light of Islamic Doctrines	p. 83
The Meaning of Nature in Various Perspectives in Islam	p. 96
Hermes and Hermetic Writings in the Islamic World	p. 102
From the Alchemy of Jabir to the Chemistry of Razi	p. 120
The Study of Natural History in the Islamic World	p. 124
Philosophy
The Pertinence of Studying Islamic Philosophy Today	p. 145
Islamic Philosophy - Reorientation or Re-understanding	p. 153
The Life, Doctrines and Significance of Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)	p. 158
Mulla Sadra as a Source for the History of Islamic Philosophy	p. 169
Mulla Sadra and the Doctrine of the Unity of Being	p. 174
The Polarisation of Being	p. 182
Sufism
The Interior Life in Islam	p. 191
Contemplation and Nature in the Perspective of Sufism	p. 200
Postscript: The Islamic Response to Certain
Contemporary Questions
Jesus Through the Eyes of Islam	p. 209
The Role of Women - The Islamic View	p. 212
Why do Muslims Fast?	p. 214
Why We Should Keep the Hijrah Calendar	p. 216
Index	p. 219
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