TY - JOUR AU - Wan Mansor, Wan Naim PY - 2020/06/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Malaysia - Japan Intellectual Exchange: "Japanese Value-driven Culture and Islamicate Universal Culture: A New Dimension of Intellectual-Spiritual Discourse Amidst the Global Crises" (IAIS Malaysia, 20 February 2020) JF - ICR Journal JA - ICR Journal VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - Significant Speeches, Events and Developments DO - 10.52282/icr.v11i1.35 UR - https://icrjournal.org/index.php/icr/article/view/35 SP - 176 AB - <p>This public talk was jointly organised by IAIS Malaysia, the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, and Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) as part of the IAIS Talk Series committed to promoting Islamic research on topics concerning civilisational renewal. The invited speaker was Dr Makoto Sawai, a young Japanese scholar from the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religions, Tenri University, Japan. As a native of Japan and scholar of Islamic studies, Dr Sawai was in a unique position to compare cosmopolitan Islamic culture, derived from rich textual ideals about human life, with value-driven Japanese culture with its strong emphasis on ethics and self-discipline.</p> ER -