Overview
- Explores ethical dimensions of Muslim education as a means through which to address contemporary issues
- Analyses the idea of a Muslim as an ethical being and relates being Muslim to a particular enactment of what it means to be a human
- Examines the growing climate of Islamophobia as well as misaligned interpretations of the Quran, which suggest Islam is backwards
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ethics, Islam and Education
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Participants in Muslim Education
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Instances of Ethical Dimensions
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About this book
This book draws upon ethical dimensions of Muslim education as a means through which to address contemporary issues, such as social and societal conflicts, exclusion and marginalisation, and violence. It argues that an ethical Muslim education is underscored by the practice of autonomous, critical and deliberative engagement that can engender reflective judgement, compassionate recognition and a responsible ethical (Muslim) community. Such a community is not only capable of cultivating human relationships based on non-coercion, truthful and peaceful human coexistence, but can also quell the stereotypes and forms of dystopia and exclusion that are pervasive in contemporary society. Put differently, Muslim education extends the neo-Kantian view that ethical human conduct can be rationalised in terms of achieving morally worthwhile action towards forms of engagement that are potentially disruptive.
Reviews
“Ethical Dimensions of Muslim Education has a vital role to play in clearing up confusion around various issues pertaining to Muslim education. The book’s rich analysis of the concepts used in the Islamic texts in relation to education and ethics shows the erudition of the authors. … Ethical Dimensions of Muslim Education is an enlightening book that is much needed in the contemporary sphere of thought.” (Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast, Educational Theory , Vol. 68 (3), 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Yusef Waghid is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has previously published African Philosophy of Education Reconsidered.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethical Dimensions of Muslim Education
Authors: Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29317-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29316-5Published: 08 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80540-5Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29317-2Published: 28 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 162
Topics: Religion and Education, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Ethnicity Studies, Islam