Islamic Life and Thought

This collection of essays is one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The author has brought together studies dealing with practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in bother their historical and contemporary reality. Although concerned with the scholarly dimension of the subjects with which he deals, the author devotes himself especially to the contemporary significance of such themes as religion and secularism, the meaning of freedom, and the tradition of Islamic science and philosophy.