The a philosophy of Islam Akhtar, Shabbir creator text bibliography nyu New York, NY Routledge 2007 monographic eng

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[ix], 400 p. ; 24 cm. Pt. I. Quranic Islam and the secular mind -- Locating Islam in the modern world -- Human reason and divine revelation -- The moral challenge of secular humanism -- Pt. II. An Arabic Quran: assessing its authority -- The book sent down -- The book as the frustrater -- The scope of the book -- The authority of the book -- Pt. III. A Quranic Lebenswelt in a secular age -- A sign is enough - for the wise -- Faith and the varieties of rejection -- Human nature and the Quran -- greater is God! -- Pt. IV. Conclusions -- Preface to a philosophy of Islam. Shabbir Akhtar. Includes bibliographical references and index. Evidences, authority, etc Islam and secularism Philosophy, Islamic 9780415437837 (pbk.) 0415437830 (pbk.) 9780415437820 (hardback) 0415437822 (hardback) 9780203935316 (ebook) 0203935314 (ebook) 2007-017242 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007017242.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007017242.html UMP 080512 20251117145224.0 vtls000027771