Revelation and reason: a brief account of the contributions of some contemporary Muslim scholars

Secular humanism and atheistic-modernism left Muslims with the legacy of a dichotomous education. The dichotomy persists and today it is compounded by the onslaught of globalisation of post-modern thoughts shaping young minds. The melee of modern and post-modern worldviews has brought about grave en...

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Main Author:	Hassan, Nur Jannah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought 2017
Subjects:	BP170.8 Universality of Islam
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spelling	iium-596242018-12-07T01:54:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59624/ Revelation and reason: a brief account of the contributions of some contemporary Muslim scholars Hassan, Nur Jannah BP170.8 Universality of Islam Secular humanism and atheistic-modernism left Muslims with the legacy of a dichotomous education. The dichotomy persists and today it is compounded by the onslaught of globalisation of post-modern thoughts shaping young minds. The melee of modern and post-modern worldviews has brought about grave environmental, civilisational and humanitarian crises. In response, many scholars have spent their lifetime in attempting to redress the situation, through what is generally considered as efforts of integration. They have conceived of integration as an organic fusion between revelation and reason and forged ahead with various attempts at integration. The article presents a brief survey on the integration efforts carried by 8 contemporary key Muslim figures, with an account of the thoughts of al-Ghazālī as precedence. Based on information gained from existing literature, the study found astute crystallisation and systematisation of integration especially in the works of later contemporary scholars. Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59624/1/59624_Revelation%20and%20reason.pdf Hassan, Nur Jannah (2017) Revelation and reason: a brief account of the contributions of some contemporary Muslim scholars. International Journal of Islamic Thoughts (IJITS), 6 (2). pp. 83-100. ISSN 2306 -7012 http://www.ijits.net/revelation-reason-brief-account-contributions-contemporary-muslim-scholars-jannah-hassan/
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description	Secular humanism and atheistic-modernism left Muslims with the legacy of a dichotomous education. The dichotomy persists and today it is compounded by the onslaught of globalisation of post-modern thoughts shaping young minds. The melee of modern and post-modern worldviews has brought about grave environmental, civilisational and humanitarian crises. In response, many scholars have spent their lifetime in attempting to redress the situation, through what is generally considered as efforts of integration. They have conceived of integration as an organic fusion between revelation and reason and forged ahead with various attempts at integration. The article presents a brief survey on the integration efforts carried by 8 contemporary key Muslim figures, with an account of the thoughts of al-Ghazālī as precedence. Based on information gained from existing literature, the study found astute crystallisation and systematisation of integration especially in the works of later contemporary scholars.
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title	Revelation and reason: a brief account of the contributions of some contemporary Muslim scholars
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Revelation and reason: a brief account of the contributions of some contemporary Muslim scholars

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