Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions.
As in the early Islamic period, so today Muslims scholars and students face several challenges in their study of world religions. Some of these challenges are common to Muslim and Western scholarship on the subject, while others are peculiar to Muslim scholarship. They range from the challenge of de...
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| description | As in the early Islamic period, so today Muslims scholars and students face several challenges in their study of world religions. Some of these challenges are common to Muslim and Western scholarship on the subject, while others are peculiar to Muslim scholarship. They range from the challenge of defining and delimiting the field to those associated with methodology. This paper examines some of these challenges, drawing upon the classical Islamic heritage, the experience of Western comparativists, and the works of modern Muslim scholars in the field. First, however, it will deal with the question, Why do Muslim scholars need to make a serious study of other major world religions? To be sure, some Muslims are opposed to such an exercise, arguing that it will do more harm than good. It is, therefore, necessary to ask what led Muslim scholars, especially in the past, to study other religions. |
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| spelling | iium-226312013-06-25T08:51:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22631/ Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. Yousif, Ahmad BL Religion As in the early Islamic period, so today Muslims scholars and students face several challenges in their study of world religions. Some of these challenges are common to Muslim and Western scholarship on the subject, while others are peculiar to Muslim scholarship. They range from the challenge of defining and delimiting the field to those associated with methodology. This paper examines some of these challenges, drawing upon the classical Islamic heritage, the experience of Western comparativists, and the works of modern Muslim scholars in the field. First, however, it will deal with the question, Why do Muslim scholars need to make a serious study of other major world religions? To be sure, some Muslims are opposed to such an exercise, arguing that it will do more harm than good. It is, therefore, necessary to ask what led Muslim scholars, especially in the past, to study other religions. University of Calgary Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22631/1/Studying_the_Other_-_Challenges_and_Prospects.pdf Yousif, Ahmad (2011) Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. In: After Appropriation : Explorations in Intercultural Philosophy and Religion. University of Calgary Press, Calgary, AB, Canada, pp. 77-94. ISBN 978-1-55238-502-9 http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552385029 |
| spellingShingle | BL Religion Yousif, Ahmad Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title | Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title_full | Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title_fullStr | Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title_short | Studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| title_sort | studying the other : challenges and prospects of muslim scholarship on world religions. |
| topic | BL Religion |
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