Islamic civilization and the modern world: Thematic essays

By Osman Bakar. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam: UBD Press, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2014. pp. VIII+356. ISBN: 978-99917-1-269-7 (KulitKeras)

Abstract

Islamic Civilization and the Modern World: Thematic Essays is another masterpiece of the renowned author which has made a thematic presentation of Islamic civilization. This book consists of fourteen chapters along with an “introduction”. Each chapter deals at least with a major theme of Islamic civilization. This book explores many interesting ideas such as the three types of a civilization’s global presence, the Qur’anic theory of the identity of the Muslim ummah and the identity of Islamic civilization, tawhidic epistemology, the core content of a knowledge culture, the wisdom of medical pluralism, the theory of Islam and the three waves of globalization, the marriage between ethnicity and religiosity to produce certain type of civilizations, and civilizational renewal in relation to Maqasid al-shari’ah.