Exploring the Reality and Aspirations of Muslims The divisions of the Umat in Indonesia

Islam in Indonesia has played an important role in socio-political development in its recorded history. However, it is also true that there have been various theological and political debates and disagreements in the umat. The implementation of syari’at Islam is one of the major subjects of such discussions. The emergence…

Contemporary Social Theory-Tawhidi Projections-part1

Squaring The Circle In The Study Of The Middle East: Islamic Liberalism Reconsidere

Reflections: From Greed To Justice: American Policy In The Middle East: Reflections From A Muslim Perspectivel

Islamic Civilisation as a Global Presence with Special Reference to its Knowledge Culture

The main aim of this article is to discuss the meaning and characteristics of Islamic civilisation and its global presence, particularly in the field of knowledge culture. Since both terms have been contested in contemporary scholarship to the point of their critics denying epistemic legitimacy to the concept of Islamic…

Islam and the Challenge of Diversity and Pluralism: Must Islam Reform Itself?

This article seeks to present a counter view of the Western critique of contemporary Islam with specific reference to its treatment of the problem of diversity and pluralism. The prevailing Western view of Islam’s experience of diversity and pluralism is that it has failed to positively respond to this important…

Family Values, the Family Institution, and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: An Islamic Perspective

The main aim of this article is to discuss the concept of family and its values and its place and role as a multi-dimensional institution from the Islamic perspective. The author seeks to show that the Islamic family institution as envisaged by the Quran and as practised by Muslims throughout…

The Identity Crisis of the Contemporary Muslim Ummah: The Loss of Tawhidic Epistomoly as its Root Cause

The author aims to show that the identity of the Muslim community (ummah) in the modern and contemporary period is in a state of crisis. The ummah is defined as a knowledge-community founded on, nourished and sustained by the quranic tawhidic epistemology. The article presents an established concept and theory…

ISLAM AND THE CHALLENGE OF DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM: MUST ISLAM REFORM ITSELF?

This article seeks to present a counter view of the Western critique of contemporary Islam with specifi c reference to its treatment of the problem of diversity and pluralism. The prevailing Western view of Islam’s experience of diversity and pluralism is that it has failed to positively respond to this…

Civilizations and the twenty-first century Some theoretical considerations

رابرت کاکس در مقاله‎ای دیگر با عنوان تمدن‎ها و قرن بیست و یکم تاملاتی نظری به این پرسش پاسخ داده است که چه زمانی و چرا تمدن‎ها به یک موضوع مهم در دانش تبدیل شده‎اند؟ چگونه باید تمدن‎ها و نقش آنها را در جهان آینده به صورت نظری تبیین کنیم؟…

Civilizational States, Secularisms and Religions

پیتر جی کاتزنشتاین با نگارش مقاله دولت تمدنی در سال 2007 تئوری‎پردازی در باب دولت تمدنی و عناصر آن را بنیانگذاری کرد. نویسنده در این مقاله به این پرسش می‎پردازد که چرا محققین روابط بین‎الملل به‎گونه‎ای خاص بر سکولاریسم تمرکز نموده‎اند و همه آن‎ها دین را در تحلیل‎هایشان نادیده گرفته‎اند؟…

geo civilization Comparative Civilizations Review

روان وئی نیز در اثری با عنوان ژئو تمدن به بررسی حوزه‎هایی پرداخت که بهترین تعبیر و توصیف از وضعیت آنها ژئوتمدن است. ژئوتمدن ناظر به وضعیتی است که در آن چند تمدن حضور دارند و این تمدن‎ها به لحاظ فرهنگی، تاریخی و دینی از اشتراکاتی برخوردارند با این حال…

تحلیل تمدنی در سیاست بین ‎الملل (Civilizational Analysis in International Relations)

اثر دیگر نیز مقاله ‎ای است با عنوان تحلیل تمدنی در سیاست بین‎ الملل که توسط گریگوریو بتیزا به نگارش درآمده است. در این مقاله نویسنده بازخوانی دیگری از تحلیل تمدنی در سیاست بین‎ الملل ارائه داده است. در بخش نخست مقاله به ماهیت تمدن و جایگاه آن در سیاست…