Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1860645313 ISBN 13: 9781860645310

Casa editrice: Tauris Academic Studies, 2000

Riassunto

This text presents the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers, exposing an important intellectual current in Islamic thought. These figures work mainly outside "established" institutional, political and religious frameworks, whilst relying heavily on traditional sources. Responding to the challenges brought by colonialism and modernization, they propose new conceptions and interpretations of Islam consonant with the age. Although their specific concerns and emphases vary, their thought shares certain features; a reconsideration of the relation between religion and politics; an easy incorporation of modern Western ideas; a reinterpretaton of sacred sources which highlights their more universalist elements; and a conception of Islam as moving with historical change whilst remaining rooted in Qur'anic values. Disputing the widespread view of modern Islam as essentially political, the book shows a quite different face of the tradition.

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John Cooper taught at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University.Ronald Nettler and Mohamad Mahmoud both teach at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University.

John Cooper taught at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University. Ronald Nettler and Mohamad Mahmoud both teach at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1860645313
• ISBN 13: 9781860645310
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Redattore: Nettler Ronald L., Mahmoud Muhammad, Cooper John
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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