Islamic and Christian Axiology (A Comparative Study)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe and compare from a non-Western perspective some Islamic and Christian viewpoints regarding axiology, and the effect of axiology on education. The subjects which are considered in this article are: what is value; what is valuable and good; whether we have some absolute and constant, and even objective and intrinsic, values that are valuable for all humans in all places and times; what is the responsibility of people, and particularly teachers and students, regarding these values; what teachers should do and how they should instruct and teach so that their students commit themselves to these values, and may become good, spiritual, moral, and religious persons. In this research, more emphasis has been placed on the description of the similarities - not differences - between these two religions. To accomplish the goal of the research, the viewpoints of the Qur'an and the Bible and a number of Islamic and Christian scholars have been described and compared.