Disenchantment and the Environmental Crisis:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Disenchantment and the Environmental Crisis: "
Ahmed Afzaal

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085945
Doc. No	:	LA129574
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685357-01603004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ahmed Afzaal
Title & Author	:	Disenchantment and the Environmental Crisis: [Article] : Lynn White Jr., Max Weber, and Muhammad Iqbal\ Ahmed Afzaal
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/3
Page No	:	239–262
Abstract	:	“The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” by Lynn White Jr. poses specific challenges to Islamic metaphysics and theology that have yet to be adequately addressed by Muslim scholars. I argue that the transition from a panentheistic view of God to an increasingly supernaturalist one is indicative of a larger shift in worldview that White had failed to emphasize. Reading White’s essay in light of Weber and Iqbal, I argue that a worldview dominated by rational thought is consistent with supernatural theism. The challenges posed by White’s essay can be met through Iqbal’s postmodern reconstruction of Islamic theology in panentheistic terms. “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” by Lynn White Jr. poses specific challenges to Islamic metaphysics and theology that have yet to be adequately addressed by Muslim scholars. I argue that the transition from a panentheistic view of God to an increasingly supernaturalist one is indicative of a larger shift in worldview that White had failed to emphasize. Reading White’s essay in light of Weber and Iqbal, I argue that a worldview dominated by rational thought is consistent with supernatural theism. The challenges posed by White’s essay can be met through Iqbal’s postmodern reconstruction of Islamic theology in panentheistic terms.
Descriptor	:	disenchantment
Descriptor	:	ecology
Descriptor	:	Islam
Descriptor	:	Lynn White Jr.
Descriptor	:	Max Weber
Descriptor	:	Muhammad Iqbal
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685357-01603004‬