{"id":236,"date":"2014-02-14T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/rpe\/2014\/02\/14\/new-book-out-by-rpe-tutor"},"modified":"2014-02-14T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:06:00","slug":"new-book-out-by-rpe-tutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/2014\/02\/14\/new-book-out-by-rpe-tutor\/","title":{"rendered":"New book out by RPE tutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/07\/1836f-untitled.png\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/07\/1836f-untitled.png\" height=\"400\" width=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Roy Jackson\u2019s new book <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415632034\/?utm_source=Adestra&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=SBU4_PNW_1TX_1em_8REL_47088_9780415632034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>What is Islamic Philosophy?<\/i><\/a> has just been published by Routledge. It offers a broad introduction to Islamic thought, from its origins to the many challenging issues facing Muslims in the contemporary world. The chapters explore early Islamic philosophy and trace its development through key themes and figures up to the twenty-first century.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Topics covered include:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent:-18pt\">ethical issues such as just war, abortion, women\u2019s rights, homosexuality and cloning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent:-18pt\">questions in political philosophy regarding what kind of Islamic state could exist and how democratic can (or should) Islam really be<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent:-18pt\">the contribution of Islam to \u2018big questions\u2019 such as the existence of God, the concept of the soul, and what constitutes truth<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-indent:-24px\"><b style=\"background-color:white;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;text-indent:0\">\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;This excellent book provides a user-friendly introduction to the emergence and subsequent developments of Islamic philosophy. Jackson\u2019s problem-oriented approach also shows, in a skilful manner, the relevance of this philosophy to some of the most pressing issues of our time in important fields such as politics, ethics and religion.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"background-color:white;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;text-indent:0\">Ali Paya,<\/span><i style=\"background-color:white;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;text-indent:0\">\u00a0University of Westminster (UK), Islamic College (UK), and<\/i><span style=\"background-color:white;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;text-indent:0\">\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"background-color:white;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;text-indent:0\">National Research Institute for Science Policy (Iran)<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Jackson\u2019s new book What is Islamic Philosophy? has just been published by Routledge. 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