Religion after Enlightenment: the case for Islam

This article analyses from an Islamic viewpoint the Enlightenment call to take up the intellectual and moral responsibility of using one's reason and understanding in religious matters. The first and second sections present a critical examination of the ideas of reason and justification advance...

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Main Author: Reçber, Mehmet Sait (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2012]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2012, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-314
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B Islam
B Enlightenment
B Religion
B MacIntyre
B Reason
B Kant
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Summary:This article analyses from an Islamic viewpoint the Enlightenment call to take up the intellectual and moral responsibility of using one's reason and understanding in religious matters. The first and second sections present a critical examination of the ideas of reason and justification advanced by Enlightenment philosophers such as Kant, and a counter-development of these ideas after the Enlightenment as exemplified in MacIntyre's thought. Having concluded that both of these approaches are untenable for a variety of reasons, the final section argues that a meta-epistemological perspective stipulated by Islam can both square with the original call of the Enlightenment and shed light on further discussion of various issues such as reason, religion and revelation.
ISSN:1469-9311
Contains:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2012.679035