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Summary
Summary
The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by their cultures.
This book compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge.
On a broader level, it compares two world-views: the one formed by Western Christian culture, which is religious in intention but secular in essence; the other Islamic, formed through the assimilation of traditional wisdom, which is turned against the norms of secular culture and is thus religious both in intention and essence.
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This study, based on research for a doctoral thesis, explores and "compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr on the issue of religion, religions, the concept of Ultimate Reality and the notion of sacred knowledge." Aslan is a scholar who carried out postgraduate study in England and whose personal life and scholarship reflect a "traditional Muslim society . . . [as one] . . . who feels strongly about the truth of Islam . . ." He has chosen the writings and thought of two significant scholars, each representing a different faith, to reflect his search for answers to questions about salvation, belief, and pluralism. This is a very serious and scholarly work, with some 80 pages of notes, appendix, and index. Highly recommended as a text for developing a philosophy of religion that seriously relates to both the Islamic and Christian traditions. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. T. M. Pucelik; Bradley University
