The book "Intellectual Traditions in Islam" provides an opportunity for a number of leading scholars and thinkers to reflect on the role that reason and intellect have played in the development of the Islamic world, making it the home of one of the most important civilizations. It covers a wide range of topics from the beginnings of Islam to the present day. Scholars such as Azim Nanji, Hugh Kennedy, Oliver Leaman, and Muhsin Mahdi have particularly contributed to revealing the importance of intellectual life for Muslims and analyzing the various internal and external forces—political, religious, philosophical, and scientific—that led to the emergence of intellectual sciences in the early centuries of Islam. Norman Calder, Farhad Daftary, Alice C. Hunsberger, and Annemarie Schimmel focus on the development of intellectual traditions in various Muslim societies throughout the Middle Ages. Jon Cooper, Abdulaziz Sachedina, and Mohammed Arkoun address the modern eras of Islam, comparing the relationship between political and religious authority on one hand, and the social and intellectual life of Muslims on the other. All contributing lecturers in this work highlight the fundamental role of intellect and reason in shaping Islamic cultures and its relevance to the Muslim world today. In doing so, this book not only seeks to promote a better understanding of Islam but also encourages further discussion on the challenges facing the Muslim world as it enters a new era of unprecedented change.

• Author: Farhad Daftary
• Publisher: Dar Al-Saqi - Beirut
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Number of Pages: 359
• Number of Parts: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• Paper Type: White
• ISBN: 9781855167650