Religion, Culture and the Shaping of Religious Attitudes

The Case of Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID12264376
AuthorsKemal Ataman (0000-0001-5107-8367, a Faculty of Theology , Uludag University , Bursa, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume18
Issue4
Pages495-508
Publication date2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIslam and Christian–Muslim Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-6410 • E-ISSN: 1469-9311
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09596410701577316
OpenAlexW2004410664
LanguageEN
References cited14

That we live in a world of racial, cultural, ideological and religious differences is a fact of existence. Our awareness of this is not new. What is new, however, is the growing appreciation of these differences and the realization that in a significant sense difference is creative and so must be celebrated. Nevertheless, difference is also challenging. At the present time, no student of religion can avoid asking the pressing question of what attitude to take towards people of ‘other’ religious traditions. This article will investigate how this question has been approached within the culture(s) of Islam. It will argue that the attitude of Muslims towards the people of other religious traditions is not fixed, even within the same time and place. The current context of society and the state of affairs (social, political, demographic, etc.) affects this doctrine

Context (archaeology · Doctrine · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ideology · Islam · Islamic culture · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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