Tanrı'yı Hatırlamak

by Charles Le Gai Eaton

"Bu harikulade kitap, Batı'yı ve İslam Dünyası'nı birbirinden ayıran sınırların ve duvarların ötesindeki okuyucuların kalplerine ulaşmak için yapılmış bir gönül çağrısıdır. İmanın sıcaklığı ve bilgeliğin hafifliği ile vücut bulan bu eser, şüphecilik, izafilik ve inançsızlık ilkelerinin hakim olduğu bir çağda yaşamış bir inananın kaleminden çıkmıştır. O yüzden de, modern Batı ile İslam Dünyası arasında kurulmuş nadide ve eşsiz bir köprüye benzemektedir ve her iki dünyaya, imanla beslenmiş bir güven, hikmete dayanan bir düşünce berraklığı ve diğer dinlerin yanı sıra, hem modern dünyayı hem de geleneksel İslam Dünyası'nı kuşatan bir hayat tecrübesinin gerektirdiği bir isabetle seslenebilmektedir."
(Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr)

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Charles Le Gai Eaton (Hasan le Gai Eaton or Hassan Abdul Hakeem) (1 January 1921 – 26 February 2010) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland and raised as an agnostic by his parents. He received his education at Charterhouse and at King's College, Cambridge. He worked for many years as a teacher and journalist in Jamaica and Egypt. He then joined the British Diplomatic Service.
Eaton converted to Islam in 1951. He served as a consultant to the Islamic Cultural Centre in London. In 1996 he served on a committee that drafted the constitution of the Muslim Council of Britain
He was however often critical of mainstream British Muslim opinion, and felt that Muslims themselves should have sorted out Saddam Hussain. Regarding the invasion of Iraq, in an interview with emel magazine he said, "I am very torn either way and I cannot quite make up my mind what I think... He was our monster, it should have been for us to deal with him.” In the same article Eaton also called for the creation of a British Islamic identity, "it is time for the Muslims in Britain to settle down, to find their own way, to form a real community and to discover a specifically British way of living Islam... This is no curry-island.”
His books include Islam and the Destiny of Man (listed on Q News' list of "10 books to take to university"), King of the Castle, and Remembering God. Many converts to Islam in the United Kingdom have been inspired by his books, which are also expositions of Islam for Western readers, secular or believing. He also frequently contributed articles to the quarterly journal on comparative religion and traditional studies, Studies in Comparative Religion.
There is a short autobiography at Salaam Books[8]. His last book and autobiography A Bad Beginning and the Path to Islam was published by Archetype in January 2010. He is the father of Leo Eaton, a director and producer of documentary films.[10]

Reviews

[Fatma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ben bi youtube kanalında tavsiye edilmesiyle haberdar oldum, çok güzel bir kitap. Yazarın muhtedi bir yazar olması, batı kültürüne tamamen hakim olması sebebiyle bizim göremediğimiz noktalardan yaklaşılmasına sebep olmuş. Güzel, dikkatli bir okumayı hak ediyor.