Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology

This article seek to advance an Islamic understanding of the process of human development. It begins with a critique of the Western ecular worldvicw, which relies exclusively on empiricism and reductionism. It also bring out the exclusion of the spiritual dimension and the privi­leging of materiali...

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Autor principal: Salisu Shehu
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Publicado: International Institute of Islamic Thought 1998
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ec5c5b3ec4484941aa006c5bffa725ae2021-12-02T19:22:42ZToward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology10.35632/ajis.v15i4.21552690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/ec5c5b3ec4484941aa006c5bffa725ae1998-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/2155https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This article seek to advance an Islamic understanding of the process of human development. It begins with a critique of the Western ecular worldvicw, which relies exclusively on empiricism and reductionism. It also bring out the exclusion of the spiritual dimension and the privi­leging of materialism in secular developmental psychology. The paper relies on the Quran to determine the factors, heredity and environment, that shape development. It also argues that while there are factors that have a cau al effect, in the ultimate analy is everything depends on God' will. Salisu ShehuInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 15, Iss 4 (1998)
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Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology
description This article seek to advance an Islamic understanding of the process of human development. It begins with a critique of the Western ecular worldvicw, which relies exclusively on empiricism and reductionism. It also bring out the exclusion of the spiritual dimension and the privi­leging of materialism in secular developmental psychology. The paper relies on the Quran to determine the factors, heredity and environment, that shape development. It also argues that while there are factors that have a cau al effect, in the ultimate analy is everything depends on God' will.
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title Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology
title_short Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology
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title_fullStr Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology
title_full_unstemmed Toward an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology
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