The Resource The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam, Shabbir Akhtar
The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam, Shabbir Akhtar
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The item The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam, Shabbir Akhtar represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Quran, and in particular how they can be interogated and understood through western analytical philosophy. It is also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking. The Quran and the Secular Mind will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Middle East studies, and political Islam. -- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction ---- Part I. Quranic Islam and the secular mind. 1. Locating Islam in the modern world --- 2. Human reason and divine revelation --- 3. The moral challenge of secular humanism ---- Part II. an Arabic Quran : assessing its authority. 4. The book sent down --- 5. The book as 'the frustrater' --- 6. The scope of the book --- 7. The authority of the book ----PartIII. a Quranic Lebenswelt in a secular age. 8. A sign is enough
- for the wise --- 9. Faith and the varieties of rejection --- 10. Human nature and the Quran --- 11. 'Greater is God!' ---- Part IV. Conclusions. 12. Preface to a philosophy of Islam
- Isbn
- 9781281061874
- Label
- The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam
- Title
- The Quran and the secular mind
- Title remainder
- a philosophy of Islam
- Statement of responsibility
- Shabbir Akhtar
- Subject
-
- Hermeneutics
- Islam
- Islam
- Islam -- Philosophy
- Islam -- Philosophy
- Islam and secularism
- Islam and secularism
- Islamic philosophy
- Islamic philosophy
- Islamisk filosofi
- Islamitische filosofie
- Koran
- Authority -- Religious aspects
- Menschenbild
- Modernität
- Qurʼan
- Qurʼan
- Qurʼan -- Evidences, authority, etc
- Qurʼan -- Hermeneutics
- RELIGION -- Islam | Theology
- Religious Philosophies
- Secularisatie (maatschappij)
- Secularism
- Säkularismus
- Koranen -- analys och tolkning
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Quran, and in particular how they can be interogated and understood through western analytical philosophy. It is also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking. The Quran and the Secular Mind will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Middle East studies, and political Islam. -- Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Akhtar, Shabbir
- Dewey number
- 297.2
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- BP130.74
- LC item number
- .A34 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- BP 130.7
- NLM item number
- A34 2008
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Islam and secularism
- Islamic philosophy
- Islam
- Islam
- Religious Philosophies
- Secularism
- RELIGION
- Authority
- Hermeneutics
- Islam and secularism
- Islam
- Islamic philosophy
- Modernität
- Menschenbild
- Islam
- Säkularismus
- Koran
- Secularisatie (maatschappij)
- Islamitische filosofie
- Islamisk filosofi
- Label
- The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam, Shabbir Akhtar
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-392) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction ---- Part I. Quranic Islam and the secular mind. 1. Locating Islam in the modern world --- 2. Human reason and divine revelation --- 3. The moral challenge of secular humanism ---- Part II. an Arabic Quran : assessing its authority. 4. The book sent down --- 5. The book as 'the frustrater' --- 6. The scope of the book --- 7. The authority of the book ----PartIII. a Quranic Lebenswelt in a secular age. 8. A sign is enough -- for the wise --- 9. Faith and the varieties of rejection --- 10. Human nature and the Quran --- 11. 'Greater is God!' ---- Part IV. Conclusions. 12. Preface to a philosophy of Islam
- Control code
- 182758256
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281061874
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182758256
- Label
- The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam, Shabbir Akhtar
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-392) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction ---- Part I. Quranic Islam and the secular mind. 1. Locating Islam in the modern world --- 2. Human reason and divine revelation --- 3. The moral challenge of secular humanism ---- Part II. an Arabic Quran : assessing its authority. 4. The book sent down --- 5. The book as 'the frustrater' --- 6. The scope of the book --- 7. The authority of the book ----PartIII. a Quranic Lebenswelt in a secular age. 8. A sign is enough -- for the wise --- 9. Faith and the varieties of rejection --- 10. Human nature and the Quran --- 11. 'Greater is God!' ---- Part IV. Conclusions. 12. Preface to a philosophy of Islam
- Control code
- 182758256
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281061874
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182758256
Subject
- Hermeneutics
- Islam
- Islam
- Islam -- Philosophy
- Islam -- Philosophy
- Islam and secularism
- Islam and secularism
- Islamic philosophy
- Islamic philosophy
- Islamisk filosofi
- Islamitische filosofie
- Koran
- Authority -- Religious aspects
- Menschenbild
- Modernität
- Qurʼan
- Qurʼan
- Qurʼan -- Evidences, authority, etc
- Qurʼan -- Hermeneutics
- RELIGION -- Islam | Theology
- Religious Philosophies
- Secularisatie (maatschappij)
- Secularism
- Säkularismus
- Koranen -- analys och tolkning
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