Knowledge and the sacred

Author's name: Sayyid Hussein Nasr Publisher: Al-Rafidain for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2025 Literary classification: Philosophy of Religion About the book: Can science rise without a spiritual conscience? How do we restore the moral dimension to education? And why did modernity fail to answer the major questions of existence? This book takes us on an intellectual journey that combines philosophy, religion, and metaphysics, revealing the spiritual roots of knowledge that modernity has hidden behind the debris of material rationality. The author, Sayyid Hussein Nasr, sees that true knowledge is not separate from the sacred, but derives its meaning and purpose from it, and that the contemporary human, having disconnected from this transcendent dimension, lives a spiritual and cognitive crisis that threatens his very existence. The book is an invitation to restore a worldview where wisdom and reason, the outward and the inward, are united, so that humans return to their original center: as knowing beings, connected to the absolute, and residing in the presence of the sacred. The book was presented in the famous "Jefford Lectures" at the University of Edinburgh, associated with the names of the most renowned theologians, philosophers, and scientists in Europe and America, and based on these lectures, influential works have been produced in the modern world. It is considered one of the foundational books for "Critique of Postmodern Secularism" by reconnecting knowledge to its sacred roots and illustrating how modernity has obscured the spiritual dimension of science.