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Islamic Religious Psychology

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Arab indigenous psychology; Muslim religious psychology

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The definition of Islamic religious psychology can range from “the study of human nafs (soul) from an Islamic perspective” to a more complex description, like the “study of manifestations of God in nature as reflected in the behavioral patterns of all living and nonliving organisms in all walks of their lives using the Islamic paradigm” (Vahab 1999). In Islam, human beings are said to possess a dual nature, as they are both body and soul. However, the body is not as important as the soul because it is the soul that consists of the inner structure of personality, and body/matter is considered secondary to the spirit. The seat of knowledge in human beings is said to come from the metaphysical elements of the person, i.e., heart (al-qalb), soul (nafs), spirit (ruh), and intellect (aql). Islamic psychology or Ilm al-nafsiat(knowledge of the self) was studied by early Islamic scholars under the umbrella of...

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  1. Department of Psychology and Counseling, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Dr. Amber Haque

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  1. Department of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Anne L. C. Runehov

  2. Pontificia Universita Antonianum, Roma, Italia

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Haque, A. (2013). Islamic Religious Psychology. In: Runehov, A.L.C., Oviedo, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_938

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