Inspirations of the Religious Worldview for Sustainable Development

Authors

  • Ibrahim Ahmad Shogar Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Science- International Islamic University Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/revival.v6i2.173

Abstract

The global community today is extremely concerned with the accelerating deterioration of the natural environment and its destructive consequences on life on earth. ‘Sustainability’ is a critical idea to deal with many of critical questions posed by ecological crisis. Among many others, Man’s attitudes toward nature and his methods of interacting with the natural world have been identified as root causes of environment problems. It is undeniable that the accelerating growth of human population on earth puts more pressure on natural resources to satisfy the increasing needs of mankind, but the green technologies guided by moral values should be capable of tackling this major problem. Man’s attitudes toward nature are determined by his worldview which emanates from a religion or culture; while his methods of interaction with nature are determined by advancement in science and technology. These two modes of factors, i.e. religious and scientific, will identify the root causes of environment crisis with regard to man’s activities on earth. The major objective of this article is to investigate how religious worldview may contribute in developing strategies for sustainable development, especially of United Nation for the entire global community. Taking built environment as unit of analysis, the article exposes the religious wisdom to the theory of sustainable development. It emphasizes that the power of science and religious wisdom must be integrated for better management of both the natural environment and development of human community. The article concludes that the religious worldview can play a crucial role to change man’s view, his method of interaction with nature, and emphasizes protection of the natural environment from destructive activities of mankind

Keyword: Religious worldview, sustainable development, needs theory, Maqasid al-Shariah

Author Biography

Ibrahim Ahmad Shogar, Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Science- International Islamic University Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. of philosophy of science at the Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Science- International Islamic University Malaysia

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

Shogar, I. A. (2016). Inspirations of the Religious Worldview for Sustainable Development. Revelation and Science, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.31436/revival.v6i2.173