This is a study of an early modern Indian Muslim thinker's response to the strains and stimuli of the nineteenth century European thought. The study stems from the hypothesis that ideas have a life and role of their own, that if they are determined, they can also determine, directly. The thesis tries to show that under the direct impact of the Western thought, Shibli was trying to rethink his traditional religious norms, and not merely trying to rationalize them. In other words he was not merely reacting, but also creatively responding and synthesizing, even if not always fully consciously. While trying to locate his faith on the map of modern thought, Shibli, at the same time, underlined the unique quality of the religious truths, which made him talk in general spiritual and moral terms, and eventually cost him many a traditional, societal expressions of faith, as is borne out by this thesis -- we hope.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108876 |
| Date | January 1973 |
| Creators | Murad, Mehr Arroz. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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