Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment

• Main Authors: Rahath House, Yousef, Hashim, Rosnani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Muslim Social Scientists 2013
• Subjects: LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices); LC65 Social aspects of education
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/1/ajiss303-rahath%26hashim.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/; http://www.amss.org/AJISS/AJISSMissionStatement.aspx

The central concern of this article is to examine the contemporary Islamic educational discourse from the perspective of the philosophy of empowerment. In line with this view, it proposes a new conceptual framework for empowerment in lieu of the traditional views, which consider empowerment in terms...