“I Pine for True Closeness”: Muḥammad Iqbāl’s Uneasy Relationship with Christianity, and the Islamic Social Ideal

In this article we examine the development of Muḥammad Iqbāl’s engagement with Christian thought and theology over the course of his lifetime in the context of his position as a colonial subject and of the rise of communalism and Muslim separatism in India. The early philosophical, spiritual, and po...

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Main Authors: Marjorie L. Corbman, Jan-Peter Hartung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2017-07-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/4363