Psychology of Personality, Islamic Perspectives

Psychology of Personality: Islamic Perspectives is the first edited volume of selected papers on human nature and personality from an Islamic perspective. It is a modest attempt at clarifying the conceptual confusion that resulted in keeping psychology separate from religion, separate from a soul. The authors have incorporated religious and transcendental concepts that shape human personality, which are based on the Qur n and the works of early Muslim scholars. It is not a book on psychotherapy, however, the views on human nature are important for the development of an Islamic approach to therapy.

The text is timely due to the increased attention to Islam and its significance in the lives of more than one billion adherents, and also because modern psychology is demonstrating a new interest in indigenous and alternative perspectives of psychology. It is hoped that this work will stimulate further research on the psychology of personality based on the Islamic assumptions of human nature.

KEY FEATURES
(1) The first edited collection to address perspectives on the Islamic theory of personality and encourages recalling man s nature from the Islamic paradigm.
(2) The articles are written by Muslim scholars from around the world who have derived their ideas primarily from the Qur n, hadith and the works of early Muslim scholars.
(3) The book is divided into three parts, moving from a discussion of cosmic anthropology and the innate disposition of humans in Part I, to an examination of key concepts of the soul, spirit, heart and aql in Part II. Part III is concerned with motivation and personality types.