Al-Hafi, Amer. “Objectivity in the Study of Religions,” Year 15, Issue 60 (Winter 1431 AH/ 2010 CE), Pp. 131 - 161.

Abstract

Amer al-Hafi’s article addresses the problem of the absence of objectivity in the study of religions, and the importance of objectivity in such studies. It discusses these issues within the following themes:  the concept of objectivity and its potential in the study of religions, the potential for objectivity in social and human sciences, foundations of objectivity in the Qur'an, trends in the study of religions in Islamic thought, characteristics of methodology in the study of religions, the absence of objectivity and the centrality of religious truth, objectivity and the monopoly of truth, objectivity and the proportion of knowledge, and the manifestations of the absence of objectivity and its causes in the study of religions.