Lectures delivered by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The George Washington University. Course guide includes bibliographical references. Compact discs. In container (25 cm.). "14 lectures"--Container.
Contents:
Lecture 1. Dār al-Islām and western Christendom -- Lecture 2. The Islamic world and the west -- Lecture 3. Western Christianity and Islam, their views of each other over the ages -- Lecture 4. Islamic civilization, a survey of its foundation and growth -- Lecture 5. Islamic theology, philosophy, and mysticism -- Lecture 6. Islamic science, theoretical and applied -- Lecture 7. Islamic art -- Lecture 8. Literature in the Islamic world -- Lecture 9. The western expansion into the Islamic world -- Lecture 10. The advent and history of modernism in the Islamic world -- Lecture 11. Islamic education, western educational institutions, and ideas in the Islamic world -- Lecture 12. Modern western scholarship on Islam -- Lecture 13. Islamic responses to the modern west -- Lecture 14. Islam and the west today.
Summary:
Professor Nasr discusses the interaction of the religions and civilizations of Islam and western Christianity throughout their histories, highlighting their similarities and differences and showing that Muslim and Christians share much common ground, especially in terms of morality, life issues, and family.
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