Philosophies of Islamic Education

Nadeem Memon is Director of Education at Razi Education, Ontario, CA. Mujadad Zaman is Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Introduction Part 1: Theology and the Idea of Islamic Education 1. Philosophical Considerations for an Islamic Education of the Past and Future: Interview with Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr 2. Education as ‘Drawing-Out’: The Forms of Islamic Reason Tim Winter 3. Islamic Philosophical Traditions: Knowledge and Man's path to a Creator David B. Burrell Part II: Positioning Knowledge between the Student and Teacher 4. Spirituality in Muslim Education Abdullah Trevathan 5. "Your educational achievements shall not stop your efforts to seek beyond": Principles of Teaching and Learning in Classical Arabic Writings Sebastian Günther 6. Disciplinarity and Islamic Education Omar Anwar Qureshi 7. The Transmission of Adab: Educational Ideals and their Institutional Manifestations Talal Al-Azem Part III: Schools, Universities and Pedagogies 8. World Conferences on Muslim Education: Shaping the Agenda of Muslim Education in the Future Shaikh Abdul Mabud 9. Diverse Communities, Divergent Aspirations? Islamic Schooling in the West Nadeem A. Memon 10. An Olive Tree in the Apple Orchard: Establishing an Islamic College in the United States Omar Qargha 11. The 'Hadith of Gabriel': Stories as a tool for 'Teaching' Religion Steffen Stelzer Part IV: Contemporary Debates 12. Principles of Democracy in American Islamic Schools Susan Douglass and Ann El-Moslimany 13. Religious Pluralism and Islamic Education: Addressing Mutual Challenges Sarfaroz Niyozov 14. 'Islamisation and democratization of knowledge in post-colonial Muslim-oriented contexts: Implications for democratic citizenship education' Yusef Waghid and Nuraan Davids 15. Teaching Islam: Are There Pedagogical Limits to Critical Inquiry? Farah Ahmad and Ibrahim Lawson