THE RETURN TO RELIGION

we understand the world in terms of the concepts we have developed? The British poet, T.S. Eliot has said: Where is the wisdom that we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge that we have lost in information? A book called Wisdom, Information and Wonder, (published in 1989) by Dr. Mary Midgley, elaborates—as its title suggests—on the above rhetorical questions, and makes a significant contribution to the new thinking of the latter half of the 20th century. In his book, The Secular City, (published in 1965) Professor Harvey R. Cox (published in 1965 in the U.S.A.) showed that people had lost interest in religion. But the same writer in another book titled, Religion in the Secular City, published in 1984, has shown that religion in the U.S.A. has seen a revival. The same has been found to be true in the other western countries. In this search for truth, Islam a preserved and historical religion deserves to be considered for understanding it through its original sources. However, an important principle to follow while considering it for serious study should be that the seeker should separate Islam from Muslims. o Ungratefulness A great disadvantage of an ungrateful attitude is that it produces a mentality of non-acknowledgement. Failing at first to acknowledge the favours of one’s fellow men, leads one to failure to give wholehearted credence to the Lord of the Universe.