Towards an interreligious understanding of Hikma
In contemporary Islamic thought the dichotomy betweenrevelation andreason has emerged as a crucial issue, reinforced by cultural conflicts between East and West. Thus S. H. Nasr puts divinely inspired knowledge sapientia orhikma at the heart of Muslim culture, claiming God-less rationality,scient...
| Published in: | Islam and Christian-Muslim relations |
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[1994]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Summary: | In contemporary Islamic thought the dichotomy betweenrevelation andreason has emerged as a crucial issue, reinforced by cultural conflicts between East and West. Thus S. H. Nasr puts divinely inspired knowledge sapientia orhikma at the heart of Muslim culture, claiming God-less rationality,scientia, to be characteristic of the Occident. This analogy is used as an established fact in some writings of apologetic nature. At the same time, the traditional concept of wisdom',hikma, is brought up to date in order to serve a new purpose in a world of increasingly specialized sciences. Whereas many Muslim writers recognize the need for an informed approach to all branches of knowledge', most of them insist on retaining a link between science and ethical values.Hikma is now launched as the authentic Islamic answer to the confusion created by profane philosophies'. As the Islamic way of making science,hikma is seen as holistic and God-centred in contrast to the Western type of science. Not all Muslim intellectuals, however, are satisfied with one single concept for the entirety of Islamic thought. Hasan Hanafi highlightshikma and Shari c a as twin sisters, nursed at the same bosom'; Nasr proposes a hierarchy of knowledge with Divine wisdom' at the top. Related ideas can be found among some Christian theologians of religion, who have suggested that people of living faiths try to rediscover their shared heritage in the universal economy ofhokhmah', which may come to serve as a useful interreligious concept. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596419408721029 |