- Book ID
- Point
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1: Definition of Religion
- Point
- Chapter 1 Methodological Introduction to the Definition of Religion
- Introduction
- The Necessity of Discussing the Definition of Religion
- position
- The Purpose behind Definition and Its Kinds
- The Logical Conditions for a Methodical Definition
- Causes of Defects and Shortcomings in Definition
- Obstacles and Difficulties in Defining Religion
- Classification of the Definitions of Religion
- Chapter 2 Common Definitions of Religion
- Chapter 3 Essentialist Definitions of Religion
- Introduction
- Spencer’s Definition
- Assessment
- Another Definition of Religion Similar to Spencer’s
- Assessment
- Max Muller’s Definition
- Assessment
- Definition of Religion as a Set of Beliefs, Moral Codes and Rules
- Bonheoffer’s Definition
- Assessment
- Ellis’ Definition
- Assessment
- Spengler’s Definition
- Bursur Shatul and Tylor’s Definition
- D'Holbach’s Definition
- Assessment
- Santayana’s Definition
- Assessment
- Otto’s Definition
- Assessment
- Cassirer’s Definition
- Assessment
- Sartre’s Definition
- Assessment
- Dewey’s Definition
- Assessment
- Oxford Dictionary
- Assessment
- Jastrow’s Definition
- Assessment
- Chapter 4 Psychological and Sociological Definitions of Religion
- Introduction
- Psychological Definitions of Religion
- Assessment
- Point
- Schleiermacher’s Definition
- Assessment
- Feuerbach’s Definition
- Assessment
- Kaufmann’s Definition
- Assessment
- Samuel King’s Definition
- Assessment
- Goldziher’s Definition
- Assessment
- Rainach’s Definition
- Assessment
- Rupele’s Definition
- Assessment
- Frazer’s Definition
- Assessment
- Koestenbaum’s Definition
- Assessment
- Freud’s Definition
- Assessment
- Bultmann
- Assessment
- Durkheim’s Definition
- Assessment
- Feaver’s Definition
- Assessment
- Jefferson’s Definition
- Assessment
- Chapter 5 Utilitarian and Moralist Definitions of Religion
- Part 2 Scope of Religion
- Point
- Chapter 1 Reason behind the Need for Religion
- Chapter 2 Scope of Jurisprudence
- Point
- Man’s Relationship with Himself
- Second Pillar: The Need for Self-building
- Man’s Relationship with God
- Laws in the Realm of Man’s Relationship with God
- Man’s Relationship with the Universe
- Man’s Relationship with the Universe as It is
- Man’s Relationship with the Universe as It Should be
- Man’s Relationship with Fellow Human Beings
- Salient Features of Islamic Jurisprudence
- Types of General Rules Based on Principal Sources
- The Role of Islamic Jurisprudence in Organizing Rational Life
- The Functional Scope of Islamic Jurisprudence
- Real and Superficial Needs
- Jurisprudential Rules are Intrinsic and Rational
- Examples of General Rules
- Examples of Particular Rules
- Openness or Rigidity of the Islamic Legal and Jurisprudential System
- Chapter 3 Questions and Answers on the Scope of Religion
- Part 3 An Examination and
- Point
- Chapter 1 Secularism and Proclivity to It
- Definitions of Secularism, Atheism and Laicism
- Is Secularism Innate in the Political Philosophy of Aristotle?
- A Glance at the Conflict between the Church and the State
- The Roman Catholic Church
- The Clash between Kings and Popes
- The Separation of Church and State
- Three Events that Paved the Ground for Secular Thinking
- Chapter 2 The Reason for the Emergence of Secular Thinking in the West
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Secularism
- Two Seemingly Contradictory Views of ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldūn on the Need of the Prophets of God for Man’s Mundane Life
- Secularism Leads to Personality Disorder in Human Management
- Managing the First Dimension (Animalistic Life)
- Managing the Second Dimension (Life with Thematic Principles and Laws)
- Human Being in the Third Dimension
- Human Being in the Fourth Dimension (Rational Life)
- Values being extinguished after their removal from the lives of people
- Chapter 4 Islam and Secularism
- Chapter 5 The Relationship of Governance and Politics with Divine Laws
- Part 4 Science and Religion
- Point
- Chapter 1 The Relationship of Science, Philosophy and Religion with Rational Life
- Chapter 2 The Definition of Science and Its Salient Features
- What is Science?
- Conditions of a Scientific Law
- First Condition: Universality of the Law
- Basis of the Universality of Scientific Propositions
- Generalization of a Scientific View
- Second Condition: Predictability
- Third Condition: Falsifiability
- Fourth Condition: Repeatable and Duplicable
- Is It Science or Chicanery?
- Chapter 3 Stability and Change in Science and Religion
- Chapter 4 The Relationship of Science and Philosophy with Metaphysics
- Chapter 5 Views on Essential Reality
- Chapter 6 The Limits of Science in Knowing the Reality
- Opinion-survey for Identifying the Reality in the Realm of Science!
- Declaration of the Bankruptcy of Science
- Limitations in Methodology and Objective
- Five Reasons behind the Necessity and Greatness of Science
- The Effect of Preconceived Principles in Scientific Conclusions
- 1. Correct principles and perceptions established by sciences, philosophies, axiomatic propositions, and essential propositions
- 2. Incorrect principles and perceptions that cannot be established by acceptable proofs
- 3. Principles and perceptions whose validity or invalidity cannot be established
- 4. Propositions with both correct and incorrect properties
- 5. A Priori Principles can even Influence Natural Science and Philosophical Findings
- Part 5 Religious Pluralism
- Index
Philosophy of Religion
Book ID
In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
نام کتاب: فلسفه دین
نویسنده: علامه محمد تقی جعفری
تهیه کننده: اداره ترجمه مجمع جهانی اهل بیت علیهم السلام
مترجم: دکتر منصور لیمبا
زبان ترجمه: انگلیسی
Title: Philosophy of Religion
Author: ‘Allamah Muhammad Taqī Ja‘farī
Project Supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department; the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator and typesetter: Mansoor Limba, PhD
Editor: Iffat Shah
Proofreader: Badr Shahin
Layout: Zahra Golzar
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2014
Printed by: Mojab Press
Copies: 3,000
ISBN 964-8686- -
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