- Book ID
- Point
- Contents
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. WESTERN RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS’ APPROACH
- 2. THE APPROACH OF MUSLIM RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS
- 3. CLAIMING THE ADEQUACY OF SCIENCE AND THE INTELLECT
- 4. PREVENTING CONTINGENT LOSSES IS ANOTHER ARGUMENT SUPPORTING THE NECESSITY OF RELIGION
- 5. DR. SOROUSH’S CLAIM: MODERN MAN DOES NOT NEED RELIGION
- Point
- Exposition of the theory
- Description or judgment
- Arguments substantiating needlessness of religion.
- Evaluation
- Presenting a specific standard for needlessness.
- Summary of the argument
- Evaluation of the first premise
- Evaluation of the second premise
- The first problem
- The second problem
- The third problem
- The fourth problem
- Citation of the Qur’anic verses and traditions
- Evaluation
- Axiomatic teachings
- Evaluation
- Specific emphasis on Western countries’ needlessness of religion
- 6. THE WEST AND THE DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES OF EXTREME SCIENTISM AND RATIONALISM
- APPENDIX
- 1. The ever-increasing religious tendencies in the West
- 2. Scholars’ religious tendencies at the beginning of the 20th century
- 3. The Deadlock of excessive scientism
- 4. Beginning of the collapse of sheer materialism and the increasing efforts to appreciate the reality of religion
- 5. Confessions of the 20th century standard-bearer of atheism to the existence of God
- Point
- Dissemination of Islam in the West
- Acknowledging the flourishing of political Islam
- The Holy Qur’an, the number one bestseller in the West
- Recitation of the Qur’an at the sessions of the European Union
- Huntington’s theory
- Confessions of an archbishop
- Obligatory apologies for expressing offensive remarks against Islam
- Recognition by academics and the social elite
- Specific countries
- The United States of America
- American officers and privates in Iraq
- An American female private at Imam Husayn’s holy shrine
- Latin America
- Canada
- England
- Britain
- Denmark
- Germany
- France
- Sweden
- Hindus
- Renaissance in Muslim countries
- Reasons for converting to Islam as stated by new converts
- The impact of Imam Khomeini’s character
- Spread of moral evils, homosexuality, and domestic problems
- The 9/11 catastrophe
- Islam’s deliberation, moderation and logicality
- Islam’s pacifism and promotion of justice
- Creating physical and psychological comfort in individuals, and esprit and vitality in society
- Religion for life and solution to all the problems
- SUMMARY
- Bibliography
RELIGION AND THE MODERN WORLD, THE AGE OF NEED
Book ID
In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
Religion and Modern World, the Age of Need
Author: Abu ’l-Fazl Sajedi
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department The Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator: Muhammad Mahdi Baqi
Editor: Iffat Shah
Proofreader: Badr Shahin
Layout: Ali Golzar
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2016
Printed by: Khatam Al-Anbia
Copies: 1000
ISBN: 978-964-529-848-5
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