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Filozofija religije Abdolkarima Sorousha
Abdolkarim Soroush’s Philosophy of Religion

Author(s): Rusmir Šadić
Subject(s): Islam studies, Middle-East Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Abdolkarim Soroush; philosophy of religion; religious knowledge; prophetic experience;

Summary/Abstract: The fundamental features of Abdolkarim Soroush’s philosophy of religion is an issue that is at the very heart of the article. Although he is one of the most important contemporary Muslim thinkers who has offered a significant contribution in the field of political philosophy, philosophy of science, sociology of knowledge, and mysticism, our focus remains on Soroush's philosophical interpretation of religion. The theory of the expansion of religious knowledge, which represents a real epistemological turn, as well as the theory of the expansion of prophetic experience, are the cornerstone of his philosophy of religion, which appears as the very key to his reformist discourse. With Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988), Isma’il Faruqi (1921-1986), Mohammad Arqouna (1928-2010), Hassan Hanafi (1935-2021), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943-2010), and Muhammad ‘Abid Jabiri (1935-2010), Abdolkarim Soroush appears as one of the most prominent contemporary Muslim neo-rationalists.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2022
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 363-376
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian