The Quran and the secular mind : a philosophy of Islam / Shabbir Akhtar.

Author
Akhtar, Shabbir, 1960- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Description
viii, 400 p. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-392) and index.
Contents
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 9780415437820 (hardback)
  • 0415437822 (hardback)
  • 9780415437837 (pbk.)
  • 0415437830 (pbk.)
  • 9780203935316 (ebook)
  • 0203935314 (ebook)
LCCN
2007017242
OCLC
137324985
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