English Papers Main Page About Prof. Ragab English Papers كتب عربية مقالات باللغة العربية كتابات د. إسماعيل الفاروقي Contact Me Related Links   Towards a New Paradigm for Social Science Research   Paper originally submitted to the Fourth International Social Science Methodology Conference , at the University of Essex, Colchester, UK , 1-5 July 1996. [Keywords : New Paradigm Research - Social Science Research – positivist/ empiricist perspective – Post-positivism – Pitrim Sorokin - Ibrahim Ragab]   Click here for the full paper Urgently Needed Scientific Revolution in Social Work   Paper submitted to the Seventh International Conference, Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Washington D.C., July 12-16,1992. [Scientific Revolution - Social Work - Spirituality - Ibrahim Ragab ]   Click here for the full paper Islamization of Knowledge Methodology   The classical definition and the elucidation of the concept of Islamization of Knowledge introduced by the late Ismael Al-Faruki in his seminal paper in 1982 still captures the essence of that process, especially from the standpoint of those currently involved in the Islamization of the social sciences.   Click here for the full paper IOK : Engagement of Social Science   Paper submitted to the Workshop on Islamization of Knowledge , Organized by the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences , in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, June 7 -11, 1996. [Social Science - Islamization Of Knowledge – Ibrahim Ragab]   Click here for the full paper Nature of the Islamization Process   On the Nature and Scope of the Islamization Process: Towards Conceptual Clarification [Al-Faruki – Islamization of Knowledge – Ibrahim Ragab – Methodology – Definition]   Click here for the full paper Islamic Perspectives on Theory-Building In the Social Sciences   Paper submitted to the 21st Annual Conference, Association of Muslim Social Scientists , East Lansing, Michigan , October 30 -November 1,1992 ; Jumada Alawal 3 - 5,1413 . [Theory-Building - Social Sciences – Islamic Perspectives - Research Methodology – Positivism – Post-positivism – Spiritual Factors - Ibrahim Ragab]   Click here for the full paper Islam and Development   The backwardness of many contemporary Muslim countries is blamed by some writers on various aspects of Islamic beliefs and behavioral injunctions. It is shown in this paper that many of these arguments are based on flimsy grounds. This issue of whether Islam is an obstacle to development is dealt with. An attempt is made to introduce a better explanation for underdevelopment of many Muslim countries (at least in the Middle East area). Historical-institutional factors are emphasized. A case is made that, given the unique institutional nature of Islam, foreign domination (by the Ottoman Empire and later by European colonialism) resulted in stunted institutional development in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire, which is a basic reason for the present backwardness. [Islam – Development –Muslim World – Colonialism – Ottoman Empire – Backwardness – Sharia Law - Ibrahim Ragab]   Click here for the full paper Dealing with Psychosocial Problems: Islamic Perspectives   This is a modified version of a paper submitted to the Second Integration Workshop, Organized by the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, September 1997. [Psychosocial Problems - Social Work - Islamization Of Knowledge – Spirituality – Assessment- Intervention - Islamization of Social Science – Islamic Perspectives – Ibrahim Ragab]   Click here for the full paper

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