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Muslim scholars from Islam’s rich intellectual history wrote about therapeutic rapport, psychiatric aftercare, and cognitive strategies for the treatment of depression centuries before their European counterparts. Many of these scholars drew inspiration and motivation for their contributions to psychology from Islamic sources in addition to empirical and rational sources. After providing a ...
Defining terms or discussing methods used to come up with new ones are essential components of basic scholarship. A review of a number of publications that have the term “Islamic Psychology” in the title reveals two basic trends: scholars either talk about IP without defining it, as if the reader is supposed to know what the author means by the term or as if it some clearly defined and ...
Abstract. A uniquely Islamic theoretical framework for an Islamic psychology has yet to be established. To do so requires that we understand how human beings are conceptualized within the cosmology that characterizes the Islamic tradition. This paper presents a model of the soul from within an Islamic paradigm, generated through a grounded ...
Jan 9, 2021 · The Islamic psychology approach is different from, but can also be thought of as a subset of, the broader Psychology of Islam. The Psychology of Islam typically corresponds to the psychology of religion and is grounded in the Western paradigm. This broader Psychology of Islam often seeks to evaluate and critique Western psychological knowledge ...
- Naved Iqbal, Rasjid Skinner
- 2021
It was natural that as a Muslim I should have sought satisfaction in what had been written of Islamic Psychology—notably by Badri and others of his school, but what I found, though useful, I did not feel adequate for my needs. What did occur over the years, partly through my general study of Islamic culture and from discussions with traditional therapists, notably Hakim Salim Khan, was a ...
Aug 27, 2023 · One step toward bridging this gap and overcoming the stigma is to revive the legacy of psychiatric and psychological work that has been done for centuries within Islamic societies. The revival of early traditions on psychological healing has led to the development of the field of “Islamic psychology.”. Islamic psychology serves to introduce ...
Jun 26, 2018 · One can only hope that with increasing interest in indigenous psychologies around the world, proponents of Islamic psychology will continue their research on the valuable works of early scholars and Islamic texts in order to synthesize, analyze, and develop a comprehensive theoretical model for understanding and treating psychological conditions from an Islamic perspective.
