The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology
This study attempts to use theories from social psychology to build a narrative that allows to better understand the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet, and the highlights of the Abbasid caliphate. Specifically, Zimbardo contrasts the dispositional view and the situational view. The situational view is...
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| description | This study attempts to use theories from social psychology to build a narrative that allows to better understand the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet, and the highlights of the Abbasid caliphate. Specifically, Zimbardo contrasts the dispositional view and the situational view. The situational view is created in turn by the System – the institutions that exits within a society. Though many people read the Qur’an and the Prophet’s life through the lens of a dispositional view, the situational view offers us new insight. The dispositional view sees people as being either good or bad. The situational view sees the situation as being either good or bad. In a bad situation, good people can behave badly. In a good situation, bad people can behave well. The massive conversions towards the end of the life of the Prophet makes no sense using the dispositional view. It makes perfect sense using the situational view. The study addresses on three questions. First, does the situational view help us better understand the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet, and Islamic history? Second, does the situational view help Muslims better understand the Qur’an and the Sunnah? Third, should encouraging good and forbidding evil be seen through the light of strengthening political and social institutions? |
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| spelling | iium-752672019-11-13T01:00:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/ The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey BP134.S3 Quran and Science This study attempts to use theories from social psychology to build a narrative that allows to better understand the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet, and the highlights of the Abbasid caliphate. Specifically, Zimbardo contrasts the dispositional view and the situational view. The situational view is created in turn by the System – the institutions that exits within a society. Though many people read the Qur’an and the Prophet’s life through the lens of a dispositional view, the situational view offers us new insight. The dispositional view sees people as being either good or bad. The situational view sees the situation as being either good or bad. In a bad situation, good people can behave badly. In a good situation, bad people can behave well. The massive conversions towards the end of the life of the Prophet makes no sense using the dispositional view. It makes perfect sense using the situational view. The study addresses on three questions. First, does the situational view help us better understand the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet, and Islamic history? Second, does the situational view help Muslims better understand the Qur’an and the Sunnah? Third, should encouraging good and forbidding evil be seen through the light of strengthening political and social institutions? 2019 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/1/QuranAbbasidV5.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/12/75267-certificate.pdf Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey (2019) The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology. In: The 6th International Conference on Quran as a Foundation of Civilization 2019 (SWAT 2019), 8th-9th October 2019, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | BP134.S3 Quran and Science Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title | The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title_full | The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title_fullStr | The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title_short | The Qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the Abbasid Caliphate: Insights from social psychology |
| title_sort | qur’an, the prophet’s life, and the abbasid caliphate: insights from social psychology |
| topic | BP134.S3 Quran and Science |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/1/QuranAbbasidV5.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/75267/12/75267-certificate.pdf |