Islamic Humanism

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, History, Middle East
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Author: Lenn E. Goodman ISBN: 9780199885008
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: November 24, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Lenn E. Goodman
ISBN: 9780199885008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: November 24, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge, meaning, and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings, from love poetry to history to philosophical theology, Goodman shows that medieval Islam was open to individualism, occasional secularism, skepticism, even liberalism.

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This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge, meaning, and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings, from love poetry to history to philosophical theology, Goodman shows that medieval Islam was open to individualism, occasional secularism, skepticism, even liberalism.

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