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پدید آورنده
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رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA121605
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Cognitive Science of Religion and the Study of Islam:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
Rethinking Islamic Theology, Law, Education, and Mysticism Using the Works of al-Ghazālī
First Statement of Responsibility
Aria Nakissa
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Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Specialists in Islamic studies have taken virtually no interest in the influential and rapidly developing field of Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR). The present article seeks to address this problem by considering how insights from CSR can be systematically applied to reconceptualize Islamic theology, law, education, and mysticism. The article centers on what is probably CSR's most influential and well-established idea; namely, that religion is closely linked to an evolved "mindreading" ability (i.e., a "Theory of Mind Module"). It is argued that Islamic theology employs mindreading focused on events and objects in the universe, Islamic law and education employ mindreading focused on scriptural texts and embodied practices, and Islamic mysticism employs mindreading focused on psychological experiences. The article develops these ideas through an analysis of the Arabic-language writings of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī, the famous medieval Islamic theologian, jurist, and mystic. Specialists in Islamic studies have taken virtually no interest in the influential and rapidly developing field of Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR). The present article seeks to address this problem by considering how insights from CSR can be systematically applied to reconceptualize Islamic theology, law, education, and mysticism. The article centers on what is probably CSR's most influential and well-established idea; namely, that religion is closely linked to an evolved "mindreading" ability (i.e., a "Theory of Mind Module"). It is argued that Islamic theology employs mindreading focused on events and objects in the universe, Islamic law and education employ mindreading focused on scriptural texts and embodied practices, and Islamic mysticism employs mindreading focused on psychological experiences. The article develops these ideas through an analysis of the Arabic-language writings of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī, the famous medieval Islamic theologian, jurist, and mystic.
SET
Date of Publication
2020
Physical description
205-232
Title
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
Volume Number
32/3
International Standard Serial Number
1570-0682
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
cognitive science
Subject Term
education
Subject Term
Islam
Subject Term
law
Subject Term
mysticism
Subject Term
theology
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Aria Nakissa
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10.1163/15700682-12341474
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275578
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