Is Religion Possible?
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"Is Religion Possible?" is a chapter from Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophical work *The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam* that examines the viability and nature of religious experience in the modern intellectual context.
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| Is Religion Possible? canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book chapter
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
how religion relates to science and philosophy
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how religious experience can be validated ⓘ what distinguishes religious experience from other forms of experience ⓘ whether religion can remain intellectually viable in the modern world ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the nature of religious experience
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defend the intellectual legitimacy of religion ⓘ reconcile religious experience with modern scientific outlook ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
critique of purely intellectual religion
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direct apprehension of the Ultimate Reality ⓘ dynamic conception of the self ⓘ experience-based foundation of faith ⓘ personal relationship with God ⓘ religious experience as a mode of knowledge ⓘ unity of thought and intuition ⓘ |
| author | Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic philosophy
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modernist Islamic thought ⓘ religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasReception |
cited in scholarship on Muhammad Iqbal
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discussed in debates on religion and modernity ⓘ studied in courses on Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| includedIn | lectures that make up The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Iqbal’s engagement with European thought
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Islamic mystical tradition ⓘ modern Western philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
God-consciousness
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critique of empiricism ⓘ critique of rationalism ⓘ epistemology of religion ⓘ intuition and religious insight ⓘ mystical experience in Islam ⓘ nature of religious knowledge ⓘ possibility of religion in the modern age ⓘ rationality of religious belief ⓘ relationship between religion and modern thought ⓘ religious experience ⓘ self and the Absolute ⓘ |
| partOf | The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Islamic modernism
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South Asian philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | early chapter of The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam ⓘ |
| workContext |
responds to Western philosophical critiques of religion
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situated in the context of colonial South Asia ⓘ written in the early 20th century ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam