Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study

Both Toshihiko Izutsu and Ismail al-Faruqi have studied religious ethics, but according to their respective religious faiths. In his Christian Ethics al-Faruqi analyzed Christian ethics and moral values and presented a twofold methodology on which, according to him, religious principles including ‘r...

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Main Author:	Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	BJ1188 Religious ethics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/18593/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18593/1/Methodological_approach_of_studying_religious_ethics.pdf

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spelling	iium-185932014-09-04T12:27:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18593/ Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi BJ1188 Religious ethics Both Toshihiko Izutsu and Ismail al-Faruqi have studied religious ethics, but according to their respective religious faiths. In his Christian Ethics al-Faruqi analyzed Christian ethics and moral values and presented a twofold methodology on which, according to him, religious principles including ‘religious ethics’ could be objectively analyzed and understood. Likewise, in his monumental work: Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’an, Toshihiko provides a semantic analysis of the Qur’anic ethico-religious terms, and presents an exposition of ‘methodological principles’ of studying objectively the ethical terms of other religions. Both al-FÉrËqÊ and Toshihiko stress that the polemical and argumentative approaches of religious terms of other faiths including ethics are counterproductive and generate only mistrust between the believers and the researcher. Thus, an objective and meaningful study of religious ethics of other faiths, according to them, is achievable only through analyzing ethical terms from and within the religious structure that they belong to. In the introductory remarks of his book, Toshihiko states that the methodological approach of his presentation of the Qur’anic ethico-religious concepts lies in the analytic method that he applies to the Qur’anic data, which is to make the Qur’an interpret its own concepts and speak for itself. Similarly, al-Faruqi states that his aim in studying Christian ethics is not to present an Islamic critique of Christian ethical values but pure and simple presentation of Christian ethics drawn from the Christian tradition, so that a Christian reader will not offer to brush aside this work as the opinion of a non-Christian. However, though these two approaches of studying religious ethics seem to be indistinguishable in terms of objectivity and neutrality, nonetheless, there are some fundamental divergences between them in terms of style and aim. This paper is an attempt to offer comparative analysis on the methodological approaches of the two scholars’ study of religious ethics. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18593/1/Methodological_approach_of_studying_religious_ethics.pdf Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi (2008) Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study. In: International Conference on Contemporary Scholarship on Islam- Japanese Contribution to Islamic Studies: the Legacy of Toshihiko Izutsu, August 7-8, 2008, Gombak, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	Both Toshihiko Izutsu and Ismail al-Faruqi have studied religious ethics, but according to their respective religious faiths. In his Christian Ethics al-Faruqi analyzed Christian ethics and moral values and presented a twofold methodology on which, according to him, religious principles including ‘religious ethics’ could be objectively analyzed and understood. Likewise, in his monumental work: Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’an, Toshihiko provides a semantic analysis of the Qur’anic ethico-religious terms, and presents an exposition of ‘methodological principles’ of studying objectively the ethical terms of other religions. Both al-FÉrËqÊ and Toshihiko stress that the polemical and argumentative approaches of religious terms of other faiths including ethics are counterproductive and generate only mistrust between the believers and the researcher. Thus, an objective and meaningful study of religious ethics of other faiths, according to them, is achievable only through analyzing ethical terms from and within the religious structure that they belong to. In the introductory remarks of his book, Toshihiko states that the methodological approach of his presentation of the Qur’anic ethico-religious concepts lies in the analytic method that he applies to the Qur’anic data, which is to make the Qur’an interpret its own concepts and speak for itself. Similarly, al-Faruqi states that his aim in studying Christian ethics is not to present an Islamic critique of Christian ethical values but pure and simple presentation of Christian ethics drawn from the Christian tradition, so that a Christian reader will not offer to brush aside this work as the opinion of a non-Christian. However, though these two approaches of studying religious ethics seem to be indistinguishable in terms of objectivity and neutrality, nonetheless, there are some fundamental divergences between them in terms of style and aim. This paper is an attempt to offer comparative analysis on the methodological approaches of the two scholars’ study of religious ethics.
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title	Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study
title_short	Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study
title_full	Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study
title_fullStr	Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study
title_full_unstemmed	Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study
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Methodological approach of studying religious ethics of other faiths between Ismail Al-Faruqi and Toshihiko Izutsu: a comparative study

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