Archive for January, 1998

Islam

By • Jan 1st, 1998 • Category: Works On Soroush

Author:  John O. Voll From Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, ed. Robert Wuthnow. 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1998), 383-393. Beginning as the faith of a small community of believers in Arabia in the seventh century, Islam rapidly became one of the major world religions. The core of this faith is the belief […]


Islamic Philosophy, Modern

By • Jan 1st, 1998 • Category: Works On Soroush

PARVIZ MOREWEDGE OLIVER LEAMAN  There are a number of major trends in modern Islamic philosophy. First, there is the challenge of the West to traditional Islamic philosophical and cultural principles and the desire to establish a form of thought which is distinctive. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, Islamic philosophers have attempted to redefine Islamic philosophy; […]