Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam - Brossura

Wood, Simon A.

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ISBN 10: 1851686711 ISBN 13: 9781851686711

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a profoundly influential Syrian scholar who sought to reconcile Islam and modernity. He founded the Egyptian reformist journal Al-Manar and authored' numerous texts on Islam, many of which have been widely read throughout the Muslim World. Although one of the most influential thinkers of his era, Rida's writings on Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English.

In this flagship work, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by translating and analysing one of Rida's most important texts, The Criticisms of IR the Christians and the Proofs of Islam. Responding to arguments made around the turn of the twentieth century that Islam was 'irrational' or 'inferior to Christianity' and that the unification of religious and political power was a 'barrier to progress', Rida sought to defend Islam and often charged Christianity with its own brand of irrationality. Wood analyses these arguments and contends that Rida's work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated. He also revises the view that Rida was a fundamentalist, and argues that his response to Christian criticisms was distinctly modernist.

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L'autore:

Simon A. Wood is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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• Editore: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1851686711
• ISBN 13: 9781851686711
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 226