Abdallah Rothman,
Amber Haque (editors)
Islamic Psychology (IP) is an emerging discipline evident from a consistent growth of publications worldwide in the last 40 years. While the body of knowledge and practice is not new and was known as Ilm an-Nafs or science of the self during the Islamic Golden Age, it lost its significance for many centuries primarily because of the secularization of psychology and colonization of the Muslim world.
IP has now developed into a professional and academic field, as it tries to understand the human self from an Islamic worldview. This book examines IP development in 17 countries ranging from Indonesia to Bosnia to the United States. A bird's eye view of the discipline's growth, as offered across the chapters in this book, can help the reader understand the history, challenges, and prospects of this developing field and illuminate for the broader field of psychology how the Islamic tradition has been integrated into mental health practices in Muslim communities. The book broadens the reach of modern psychology by exploring spirituality and religion in the Muslim world.
Contents
1. Islamic Psychology in Australia: An Emerging Field
2. Islamic Psychology from Bosnian Perspectives
3. The Journey of Islamic Psychology in Egypt
4. Islamic Perspectives of Psychology in India
5. Islamic Psychology in Indonesia: History and Research Priorities
6. Islamic Psychology in Iran
7. Islamic Rooting of Psychology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
8. The Establishment and Growth of Islamic Psychology in Malaysia
9. Islamic Psychology in Nigeria: An Overview
10. A Journey from Muslim Psychology to Islamic Psychology in Pakistan
11. Islamic teaching-informed psychology and the Somali People
12. The Direct and Indirect Developments of Islamic Psychology in South Africa
13. Development and Characteristics of Islamic Psychology in Sudan
14. Studies on Islamic Psychology in Turkey
15. The Development of Islamic Psychology in the United Kingdom
16. Islamic Psychology in the United States
17. Islamic Psychology in Western Continental Europe: A Top-Down Approach