Al-Din
A Prolegomenon to the Study of the History of Religions
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Date of Publication: 23 February 2023
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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ISBN13: | 9780755643226 |
ISBN10: | 0755643224 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 200 pages |
Size: | 234x156 mm |
Language: | English |
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Long description:
Originally published in 1952, al-Din, by prominent Egyptian scholar Muhammad Abdullah Draz (1894-1958), has been critically acclaimed as one of the most influential Arab Muslim studies of universal 'religion' and forms of religiosity in modern times. Written as an introductory textbook for a course in the "History of Religions" at King Fuad I University in Cairo-the first of its kind offered at an Egyptian institution of higher learning-this book presents a critical overview of classical approaches to the scholarly study of religion. While ultimately adapted to an Islamic paradigm, the book is a novel attempt to construct a grand narrative about the large methodological issues of Religious Studies and the History of Religions and in relation to modernity and secularism.
Translated for the first time in English by Yahya Haidar, this book demonstrates how the scholarly academic study of religion in the West, often described as 'Orientalist', came to influence and help shape a counter-discourse from one of the leading Arab Muslim scholars of his time.
Translated for the first time in English by Yahya Haidar, this book demonstrates how the scholarly academic study of religion in the West, often described as 'Orientalist', came to influence and help shape a counter-discourse from one of the leading Arab Muslim scholars of his time.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Editor's Introduction
M. A. Draz
Al-Din: Background, context and summary
Note on the translation
Introduction: A brief overview of the history of the study of religions
The pharaonic age
The Hellenic age
The Roman age
The Christian age
The Islamic age
The European Renaissance
1 Determining the meaning of 'religion'
2 Religion, morality, philosophy and science
Religion and morality
Religion and philosophy
Religion and the sciences
3 Humanity's natural religious inclination
The antiquity of religions
The future of religion in the face of scientific progress
Sources of the religious sentiment in human nature
The social function of religions
4 On the origin of belief in God
Underlying factors in the human mind
Naturalism
Animism
Psychology
Morality
Sociology
Revelation
Conclusion
Editor's Bibliography
Author's Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Editor's Introduction
M. A. Draz
Al-Din: Background, context and summary
Note on the translation
Introduction: A brief overview of the history of the study of religions
The pharaonic age
The Hellenic age
The Roman age
The Christian age
The Islamic age
The European Renaissance
1 Determining the meaning of 'religion'
2 Religion, morality, philosophy and science
Religion and morality
Religion and philosophy
Religion and the sciences
3 Humanity's natural religious inclination
The antiquity of religions
The future of religion in the face of scientific progress
Sources of the religious sentiment in human nature
The social function of religions
4 On the origin of belief in God
Underlying factors in the human mind
Naturalism
Animism
Psychology
Morality
Sociology
Revelation
Conclusion
Editor's Bibliography
Author's Bibliography
Index