The Quran and the Secular Mind : A Philosophy of Islam

The aim of this book is to investigate the rationality and plausibility of traditional Muslim conviction, a conviction inspired by the Quran, the founding document and scripture of Islam. The context of our largely philosophical investigation is supplied by industrialized and secularized western and westernized societies. This ambitious task has not been attempted by any Muslim or non-Muslim analytical philosopher in our times. One book cannot fully address this problem but it can articulate the anxiety and thus create a framework for a dialogue between the interested parties. The vaguely felt Muslim sense of intellectual unease in the secular world is here reduced to the precise project of developing tools for assessing, somewhat obliquely at times, the rationality of Islamic conviction This Book Is Concerned With The Rationality And Plausibility Of The Muslim Faith And The Quran, And In Particular How They Can Be Interrogated And Understood Through Western Analytical Philosophy. It 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.-- 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. Shabbir Akhtar. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [349]-392) And Index. 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

this Book Is Concerned With The Rationality And Plausibility Of The Muslim Faith And The Qur'an, And In Particular How They Can Be Interrogated And Understood Through Western Analytical Philosophy. It 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.