MUSLIM THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY Cover Image

MUSLIMANSKI TEOLOŠKO-FILOZOFSKI DOPRINOS RAZVOJU EUROPSKOG KULTURNOG IDENTITETA
MUSLIM THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY

Author(s): Adnan Silajdžić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Epistemology, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, History of Education, History of Islam, Politics and Identity
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: European cultural identity; Intercultural exchange; medieval philosophy; the idea of multilateralism; the attributes of God; the relationship between faith and reason;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we discuss the Muslim contribution to the development of European culture. Meeting with European nations of the Middle Ages (Sicily and Spain) Muslims spurred a strong impetus to their scientific and cultural development. The first section briefly presents the Muslim-Christian experience of intercultural exchange and mutual influence of trends in the process of formation of classical Islamic and medieval Christian culture and civilization.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 195-218
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Bosnian