1st Edition

Becoming a Genuine Muslim Kierkegaard and Muhammad Iqbal

By Sevcan Ozturk Copyright 2018
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

Despite the apparent lack of any cultural and religious connection between Kierkegaard and Iqbal, their philosophical and religious concerns and their methods of dealing with these concerns show certain parallels. This book provides a Kierkegaardian reading of Muhammad Iqbal’s idea of becoming a genuine Muslim. It reflects on the parallels between the philosophical approaches of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Construction of a Kierkegaardian Hermeneutics  3. Iqbal in Context  4. Making Distinctions  5. Cultivating Existential Appropriation on the Part of the Reader  6. Conclusion

Biography

Sevcan Ozturk is a faculty member of the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey.