Islamic civilisation and the modern world thematic essays

This book presents a thematic treatment of Islamic civilisation. Each of the fourteen chapters comprising this book treats at least one of the major themes that are characteristic of this youngest religiously-based civilisation of the world. The author's thematic approach is primarily meant to...

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Main Author: Osman Bakar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brunei Darussalam UBD Press 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 :Islamic civilisation as a global presence with special reference to its knowledge culture
  • Chapter 2 :The Qur'anic identity of the muslim ummah: tawhidic epistemology as its foundation and sustainer
  • Chapter 3 :Islam's destiny: a civilisational bridge between the east and the west
  • Chapter 4 :Comparative notes on Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi's and Ibn Khaldun's Classifications of the sciences: A turning point in Islamic intellectual history
  • Chapter 5 :The spiritual and ethical foundation of science and technology in islamic civilisation
  • Chapte 6 :Islamic medical and public health system
  • Chapted 7 :The role of cosmology in the cultivation of the arts: addressing aesthetic needs in islamic civilisation
  • Chapter 8 :Environmental health and welfare as an important aspect of civilisational islam
  • Chapter 9 : The golden age of science in islamic spain
  • Chapter 10 : Islam's contributions to human civilisation with special reference to science and scientific culture
  • Chapter 11 :Islam and the three waves of globalisation: the southeast asian experience
  • Chapter 12 :Islam as a shaping force of cultural identity in southeast asia: the case of the malay-islamic identity
  • Chapter 13 : The identity crisis of the contemporary muslim ummah: the loss of tawhidic epistemology as its root cause
  • Chapter 14 :The place and role of maqasid al-shari'ah in the ummah's twenty-first century civilisational renewal.