Interview: the Meaning, Scope, and Future of Islamic Sciences

[Abstract]

This wide ranging conversation between Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Muzaffar Iqbal brings into sharp relief certain fundamental aspects of two key terms-‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamic Sciences ’-and then moves on to discuss the nature and scope ofIslamic sciences from the perspective of Islamic intellectual tradition.

Keywords: Islamic Science;Islamic Sciences ; Approaches to the Study of Islam in Academia; Historical and contemporary approaches to study of Islam; Islamic Intellectual Tradition.