The Meaning, Scope, and Future of Islamic Sciences

Seyyed Hossein Nasr; Muzaffar Iqbal

doi:10.66207/jis.v11i1.163

The Meaning, Scope, and Future of Islamic Sciences

Authors

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Author
Muzaffar Iqbal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66207/jis.v11i1.163

Keywords:

Islamic Science, Islamic Sciences, Approaches to the Study of Islam in Academia, Historical and contemporary approaches to study of Islam, Islamic Intellectual Tradition

Abstract

This wide ranging conversation between Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Muzaffar Iqbal brings into sharp relief certain fundamental aspects of two key terms—‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamic Sciences’—and then moves on to discuss the nature and scope of Islamic sciences from the perspective of Islamic intellectual tradition.