​Islam and Confucianism: A Civilizational Dialogue - New Edition

Islam and Confucianism: A Civilizational Dialogue - New Edition

Editor: Osman Bakar
Publisher: ISTAC - IIUM Publication
ISBN: 9789839379655
Weight: 
Pages: 245pp
Year: 2019
Price: RM50

The content of Islam and Confucianism: A Civilizational Dialogue is comprised of a selection of papers that were originally presented at the historic International Seminar on Civilizational Dialogue between Islam and Confucianism, held at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur on 13-15 March 1995. Written by a group of distinguished scholars of Islam and Confucianism, social activists, and ideologues of inter-religious and inter-civilizational dialogue, the book covers a wide range of topics related to the central theme of past and present encounters and interactions between Islam and Confucianism and the future prospect of a more energetic and creative dialogue between the two religions and civilizations.

Contributors include Anwar Ibrahim, Tu Weiming, William Chittick, Chandra Muzaffar, Wang Gungwu, Sachiko Murata, and Osman Bakar. As a whole, Islam and Confucianism: A Civilizational Dialogue may serve as an invaluable introductory reading on similarities and differences between Islam and Confucianism, and on the meaning and significance of civilizational dialogue between them, not only for Muslim-Chinese relations in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and China but also for the future of human civilization in the 21st century.