ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Misery of Secularism: A Fiduciary Critique of Separating Ethics from ReligionṬāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

Published: 2014
Original title: بؤس الدهرانية: في النقد الائتماني لفصل الأخلاق عن الدين
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ISLAM AND MODERNITY 2000–today

The Misery of Secularism: A Fiduciary Critique of Separating Ethics from Religion

Name: The Misery of Secularism: A Fiduciary Critique of Separating Ethics from Religion
Author: Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

بؤس الدهرانية: في النقد الائتماني لفصل الأخلاق عن الدين

Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

Examines Western attempts to found ethics without religion and argues that such secular moral systems remain dependent on what they reject.

Keywords: Bu's al-dahraniyya, dahraniyya, secular ethics, Kant, Durkheim

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al-Raḥmān, Ṭāhā ʿAbd. The Misery of Secularism: A Fiduciary Critique of Separating Ethics from Religion. 2014. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/taha-abdurrahman-the-misery-of-secularism-a-fiduciary-critique-of/