Open AccessAmerican Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
Author(s) -
Ibrahim M. AbuRabi’
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v8i2.2636
Subject(s) - islamization , modernity , islam , context (archaeology) , theme (computing) , enlightenment , contradiction , sociology , religious studies , history , law , political science , theology , philosophy , epistemology , archaeology , computer science , operating system
The eighth annual meeting of the American Council for the Study ofIslamic Societies was held at Villanova University on May 17-18, 1991. Themeeting featured a number of important sessions, ranging in theme fromthe Islamization of Knowledge to women and the Gulf war.The session on the Islamization of Knowledge was chaired by CharlesButterworth of the University of Maryland, and included the following: 1)Mona Abul-Fadl of the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon,VA, who spoke on "The Islamization of Knowledge Interpreted: A MuslimIntellectual Response to Modernity"; 2) Tamara Sann of St. John Fisher Collegein Rochester, NY, who addressed the theme of"Islamic Historicism in Context";and 3) Theodore P. Wright, Jr., of SUNY, Albany, NY, who discussed "TheIslamization of Knowledge in Pakistan." Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' of HartfordSeminary in Hartford, CT, was the discussant.Abul-Fadl started the session by discussing some of the salient featuresof the Islamization of Knowledge- its history, major themes, and its relationshipto modernity. She observed that there is no inherent contradiction betweenthe Enlightenment and Modernity project and the Islamization of Knowledgeplan. In a sense, the lslamization of Knowledge is essentially philosophicalin nature and, as such, it can sum the substantial achievements of Islamiccivilization as well as the contributions of the Western world. Moreover, shestre sed the need for developing a sound methodology that accounts for theintellectual achievements of humanity. As such, the Islamization of Knowledge ...