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Jan 9, 2021 · Islamic psychology is one of the religion-based perspectives which acknowledges it. This perspective has also attracted the attention of Western psychologists. Three different trends have been identified in this area: the Islamic filter approach, the comparison approach, and the Islamic psychology approach.
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Nov 2, 2024 · There is a critical need to address the purpose of studying Islamic psychology, which aims to nurture holistic well-being. This field should be grounded in Islamic-based and local wisdom-based knowledge regarding human nature, behavior, and all aspects of humanity.
An Islam-based psychology offers a turning point as it broadens the scope of both epistemology and ontology beyond the mainstream psychology. It also offers a new definition of humanity and claims that the nature of being a human is way beyond what our psychological schools of thought have suggested so far.
Based on this broad array of fragmented scholarship, it appears that at present, Islamic psychology is defined and/or conceptualized according to however a particular scholar understands it which is usually based on his or her own work.
There is a view that psychology should be regarded as a natural science (in the Western definition) concerned with objectively verifiable human behaviour—and, as such, is compatible with Islam and open to use by Muslims. This is essentially part of Badri’s position (Badri 1979).
In this chapter, I summarize the major findings of the emerging empirically based psychology of Islam, point to the challenges that researchers in this area might potentially face, and suggest future directions for research in this field of inquiry.
In addition to the similarities between the two models as described above, the supporters of an integration of CBT and Islamic principles argue that the scientific nature of CBT aligns well with the importance that Islam places on science and a scientific exploration (Hodge & Nadir, 2008).
