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Seyyed Hossein Nasr on science and spirituality

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Science & Civilization in Islam

Science and Civilization in Islam has remained unsurpassed as the authoritative statement on this subject.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2003
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Modern Islam and Science: An Article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

In “Islam and Science,” an article written for the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Nasr attempts to give a broad overview of the relationship of Islam to modern science and technology. He makes some key points regarding to criticism of Western science from an Islamic point a view.

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Kristopher A. Nelson
2010
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Islamic Science : An Illustrated Study

This is the first illustrated study of the whole of Islamic science ever undertaken. Basing himself on the traditional Islamic concept of science and its transmission and classification, the author discusses various branches of the Islamic sciences.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2007
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A Religious Nature: Philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam and the Environment

In this interview, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a university professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, talks with the Bulletin’s Elisabeth Eaves about Islam and the environment.

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Elisabeth Eaves
2015
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Sufi Essays

The author combines his research into Sufi doctrine and history with a rich account of the spiritual and metaphysical significance of Sufism as a living tradition.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
1999
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Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man

This work from one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between the human being and nature as found in many religious traditions, particularly its Sufi dimension.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2007
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RISTalks: Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr - “Changing the Present, Dreaming the Future”

In this talk, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr will look at the relationship between man and nature and the spiritual crisis that inflicts the world. He will offer his vision for the alleviation of the spiritual crisis through a return to our tradition.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2012
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Islamic Art and Spirituality

With remarkable breadth of vision, Seyyed Hossein Nasr reveals for both Western and Muslim readers how each art form in the islamic tradition is based upon a science of nature concerned, not with the outer appearance of things, but with their inner reality.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
1987
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Conversations w/Great Minds P1 - Dr. Nasr - The Difference between Shia & Sunni

Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University / Nasr Foundation joins Thom Hartmann. Islam - the world's second-biggest religion - is as diverse as the almost 1 point 6 billion people that comprise it. So why do so many Americans only see it as a vehicle for extremism and terrorism?

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2014
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Islamic Life and Thought

This book includes essays dealing with many of the major facets of Islam and Islamic civilization including law and society, the cultural and intellectual life of Islam embracing both the sciences and philosophy, and Sufism.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2001
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