The Quran and the Secular Mind

Routledge (2007) | English | 413 pages | PDF | 1.76 MB This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Quran, and in particular how they can be interrogated and understood through western analytical philosophy. It is also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking. The Quran and the Secular Mind will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Middle East studies, and political Islam. Contents: A note on transliteration and abbreviations ix Introduction 1 PART I Quranic Islam and the secular mind 1 Locating Islam in the modern world 2 Human reason and divine revelation 3 The moral challenge of secular humanism PART II An Arabic Quran: Assessing its authority 4 The book sent down 5 The book as