A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789839154900
Subjects: Islam; Religious life & practice
Description: The philosophical, cultural, political, economic and social impact of the domination of the modern West continues in one way or another through the width and breadth of the Muslim world, threatening not only the traditional institutions of Islamic society, but Islamic religion itself. Many are alienated from Islam as a result of the crushing influence of alien ideologies, whilst others react mostly with emotional outbursts and occasional violence. This book, written by one of contemporary Islamic scholarship's best minds, addresses primarily the Muslim youths in a language which is fairly simple rather than being excessively scholarly, to be able to respond to the challenges posed by the modern world and its current ideologies.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM; title: Chapter 1 Islam, The Noble Quran and Ḥadith-Revelation and the Meaning of Religion; title: Chapter 2 God, Man and the Universe Question of Eschatology; title: Chapter 3 The Sharī‘ah; title: Chapter 4 Islamic Spirituality and Thought; title: Chapter 5 Islamic Science; title: Chapter 6 Literature and the Arts; title: Chapter 7 The Islamic World in Modern Times; title: Part II THE NATURE OF THE MODERN WORLD; title: Chapter 8 Religion in the Modern West; title: Chapter 9 Modern Western Philosophy and Schools of Thought; title: Chapter 10 Modern Science and Technology; title: Chapter 11 Political, Social and Economic Life of the Modern World; title: Chapter 12 Modern Education – Its History, Theories and Philosophies; title: Chapter 13 Art in the Modern West; title: Chapter 14 The Modern Lifestyle; title: Part III EPILOGUE – RESPONDING TO MODERN CHALLENGES; title: Chapter 15 The Young Muslim and the Islamic Response to the Modern World; title: General Index