[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-40767-en":3,"doc-seo-40767-105":29,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":91},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":20,"is_downloadable":20,"audit_status":20,"page_count":21,"language":22,"language_code":23,"site_id":24,"html_lang":23,"table_of_contents":25,"faqs":26,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":27,"read_time":28},40767,2336464648746,"Skyler","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c",9,"Religion & Spirituality","Becoming a Genuine Muslim: Kierkegaard and Muhammad Iqbal","Becoming a Genuine Muslim develops a Kierkegaardian reading of Muhammad Iqbal’s concept of becoming a genuine Muslim. It examines philosophical and religious parallels between Kierkegaard and Iqbal while arguing for a significant divergence in their stances. Because Iqbal’s “becoming” is treated as central yet sometimes unclear or contradictory, the book applies Kierkegaard’s hermeneutical tools to clarify the significance of Iqbal’s idea and to address inconsistencies in his approach.","Becoming a Genuine Muslim  \nDespite 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.  \nThis 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 Kierkegaard and Iqbal, and argues that, though there are certain parallels between their approaches, there is a significant difference between their philosophical stances. Kierkegaard was concerned with developing an existential dialectics; Iqbal, however, focused mostly on the identification of the problems of the modern Muslim world. As a result, Iqbal’s idea ofbecoming a genuine Muslim – the practical aspect of his thought and one of the most central issues of his philosophy – seems to be unclear and even contradictory at points. This book therefore uses the parallels between the two philosophers’endeavours and the notions developed by Kierkegaard to provide a strong hermeneutical tool for clarifying where the significance of Iqbal’s idea of becoming a Muslim lies.  \nBy bringing together two philosophers from different cultural, traditional and religious backgrounds, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Contemporary Islamic Philosophy and the Philosophy of Religion.  \nSevcan Ozturk is a faculty member of the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey.  \nRoutledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy  \nSeries Editor: Oliver Leaman University of Kentucky  \nThe Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy Series is devoted to the publication of scholarly books in all areas of Islamic philosophy. We regard the discipline as part of the general philosophical environment and seek to include books on a wide variety of different approaches to Islamic philosophy.  \nAvicenna’s Al-Shifa  \nOriental Philosophy Sari Nusseibeh  \nBecoming a Genuine Muslim  \nKierkegaard and Muhammad Iqbal Sevcan Ozturk  \nBecoming a Genuine Muslim  \nKierkegaard and Muhammad Iqbal  \nSevcan Ozturk  \nFirst published 2018  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RNand by Routledge  \n711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2018 Sevcan Ozturk  \nThe right of Sevcan Ozturk to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nTrademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record has been requested for this book  \nISBN: 978-0-8153-4735-4 (hbk)  \nISBN: 978-1-351-16928-8 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear  \nContents  \nPreface vi  \nList of abbreviations ix  \n1 Introduction 1  \n2 The construction of a Kierkegaardian hermeneutics 22  \n3 Iqbal in context 53  \n4 Making distinctions 81  \n5 Cultivating existential appropriation on the part of the reader 111  \n6 Conclusion 137  \nIndex 143  \nPreface  \nThe philosophical deliberations of Kierkegaard and Iqbal respectively have parallels in certain regards and yet, in spite of this, surprisingly little work has been done on the relationship and implications that may be drawn from their work being co","cbCainqnf8WlSTx4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainqnf8WlSTx4","pdf",2444172,1,157,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Introduction\n## The construction of a Kierkegaardian hermeneutics\n## Iqbal in context\n## Making distinctions\n## Cultivating existential appropriation on the part of the reader\n## Conclusion\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the main aim of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book aims to apply a Kierkegaardian hermeneutics centered on “becoming” to Iqbal’s discussion of becoming a Muslim self, clarifying inconsistencies and lack of clarity.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book compare Kierkegaard 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