Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
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I make this post as a simple Segway into what people here feel about Study of Islamic Theology. Last year I began a study of Islamic Theology to complement my Christian Education. To date
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 30/6/2012 4:13 PM BST
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Of course! Many years ago, I took a college course called "Eastern Religions" which essentially covered all major non-Christian religions. I was nominally Christian at the time. I learned a lot in that class. I have since become a Jew and have several Muslim friends. There are extremists in all religions! The genteel British Anglicans and the extreme Christian right-wing fundamentalists in the US are both Christians yet some of those in the US are advocating lyncing and Koran-burning. But understanding the basic "centrist" if you would theology can't hurt and definity might help. |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 30/6/2012 6:01 PM BST
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As medical professionals and as members of the human race, it seems a worthy endeavour to strive to understand the basics of a broad base of cultures, which would include their theologies and would certainly not exclude islamic theology. (Although I feel a bit of a hypocrite in saying this, since I can't personally lay claim to having read the Quran, the Mahabarata, or any major Buddhist text myself, and I don't believe I've looked inside a Bible in over a decade.) As a med student, there is one thing I have found a little enlightening: of all the medical issues which need to be understood in a cultural context, psychiatric conditions would seem to need it most of all. One interesting starting point which I found was the section in the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry describing "mental illnesses" popularly recognised in a wide variety of cultures around the world; but it's no more than a starting point. |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 1/7/2012 10:47 PM BST
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Hi Duaneaf and all colleagues |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 2/7/2012 4:39 AM BST
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I have been reading inGreek about the Arabs and Islam in the times of the Byzantine empire and although this is not about theology it is about islam and its history. This has been enlightening and in particular the influence of Islamic scholars on a wide range of sciences, mathematics, art and textiles. We need more such input and less emotive clap trap. It is a pity that many of the less moderate elements have taken over Islam as portrayed in the West. |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 2/7/2012 5:01 AM BST
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Very True Odysseus, and Islamic Art is some of the finest on The Earth. I also know much of modern Mathematics has roots in Islamic culture. I would like to learn Arabic next, I hope my Brain does not explode, as the Calligraphy, and arabic Script seems quite complex, but to me it is sticking ones toe deeper into the water, and making the journey complete! DuaneF In Response to Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?: I have been reading inGreek about the Arabs and Islam in the times of the Byzantine empire and although this is not about theology it is about islam and its history. This has been enlightening and in particular the influence of Islamic scholars on a wide range of sciences, mathematics, art and textiles. We need more such input and less emotive clap trap. It is a pity that many of the less moderate elements have taken over Islam as portrayed in the West. Posted by Odysseus |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 2/7/2012 12:10 PM BST
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In Response to Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?: Zenith and nadir are Arab words. Many stars are too eg Aldebaran whose group the Hyades were named by the Persians as Na'ir al Dabaran. There are so many more. The Greeks lent many a name to the heavens too.
It is a pity that Islam seems to have been hijacked by hateful nutters. I am sure they may do well to read some more of the Christian literature too. It might just benefit everyone. Polar opinions appeal to simple minds who have not travelled. Sit down and eat with your neighbour and you might just see him as a person and not just some feared ideology. But I may be wrong... Posted by Odysseus |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 2/7/2012 10:44 PM BST
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dear sir : I am enjoying your fair discussion about Islam and science, and its influence on many sciences today,but this is not a surprise if we know that the first chapter in quran which was descended to the illiterate prophet Mohammed peace be upon him by the angel Gibrail from Ulah our lord, which was encouraging him to read and learn and telling him a miracle about one the first stages of the growth of the human embyo,remembering that was before 1433 yrs. Here is the translation:
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 2/7/2012 11:18 PM BST
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Dr.Mohmmed, Leaving aside the great difference between a blood clot and an ovum, does not the Quran offer other ways in which a god may have created man? A mere google revels to this ignoramus, far from being a scholar of the Bible, let alone that book, the following: It is he who has created man from water -- Sura 25:54 |
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Re: Does Study of Islamic Theology Benefit Everyone?
posted at 3/7/2012 2:34 AM BST
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All the elements of man were once made in a star. We are but star dust with life breathed in. Religion provides us with the poetry and science the words. With poetry we are more transcendent than trilobites and why they disappeared cannot be easily answered by science. Give me Ode to a Grecian Urn rather than the mere clay of the vessel; Homer instead of parchment.
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