Professor Celal Kırca explains along these pages the impact of religious knowledge in the way people practice and live their lives according to their Islamic faith and how that knowledge arrives through the influence of family, educational institutions, written and visual media, and books. The focus then is to explain the correct understanding of religious topics such as the creation of man, the day of Judgement, Koranic style or the relationship between Religion and Science, among others.
Preface - 9
How Much Does Our Religious Life Reflect the Quran? - 13
Do We Have a Balanced Lifestyle? - 18
To what extent is attention paid to the Hierarchy of Religious Knowledge - 23
Does the Knowledge of "Day of Judgement" Have a Meaning in Our Lives? - 28
Why Did God Create Man? - 33
Being a Friend to Allah -Being a Friend of Allah - 38
Who Does Allah Help and Whose Job Makes Easier? - 42
An Indicator of Servitude: Prayer - 47
A Type of Lie: Slander - 51
An Expression of Gratitude: “Tahdîs-i Blessing” - 56
Should we look at the words or the one who says them? - 60
Being Hopeful in Our Difficult Times - 64
Belief in the Return of Spirits and Islam - 69
About Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing - 74
Quran Style and Literature‒1 -80
Quran Style and Literature‒2 -85
Quran Mind and Knowledge - 90
Mehmet Akif's Imagination of the Qur'an - 96
Islam and Industrialization - 101
Quran's Mountains and Earthquakes - 106
How Does the Quran Define Goodness? - 110
What Does the “Ilâf of the Quraysh” Tell Us? - 114
Some Thoughts on Knowing and Not Knowing - 119
Knowing the "Why" of Religious Rules - 125
A Quran Criticism for the Concept of "This is How We Seen It from Our Ancestors" - 130
Origins of the "Takfiri Understanding" - 135
Asking Questions and Inquiring - 141
Criticism Without Appreciation: The Example of Abdullatîf Baghdadî - 146
A Criticism of Aristotelian Logic in Understanding the Quran: Musa Carullah Example - 150
The Problem of Binding in Religious Interpretations - 154
Academic Approaches to the "Quran-Science Relationship" - 159
A Look at the Relationship between Religion and Science: The Example of Ibn Rushd - 165
A Look at the Relationship between Islam and Health: The Example of Avicenna - 170
The Problem of the Value of Religious Interpretations and Imam Maturidi - 176
What Did Ca'fer al-Sadiq Think About the Companions? - 181
A Sufi View of Humanity: The Example of Necmeddin Daye - 186
Does İhyâu Ulûmi'd-Dîn Give Us a Message? - 193
Making People Feel Valued- 197
Why Can't We Create a Common Culture? - 203
Do We Want to Weaken Our Desire to Live Together? - 208
Doesn't Islam Need "Muellefe-i Kulub"? - 214
Where are we drifting? - 219
Our Mentality That Cannot Evolve From Me to We - 225
A "Mentality" Analysis - 230
Looking for Excuses for Irresponsibility - 236
“Getting Angry at the Flea and Burning the Quilt” - 241
Thoughts Reminded by a Memory - 244
Being able to see not only near but also far - 249
About “Love” - 254
“Is Forgiveness So Hard? - 257
