| Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cooper, John (Editor), Nettler, Ron (Editor), Mahmoud, Muhammed (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1860645313 ISBN-13: 9781860645310 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: This book brings together the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers, exposing an important intellectual current in Islamic thought which will be new to many Western readers. Responding to the challenges brought by colonialism and modernization, the contributors propose new conceptions and interpretations of Islam consonant with the age. Although their specific concerns and emphases vary, they all reconsider the relation between religion and politics and the incorporation of modern Western ideas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297 |
| LCCN: 00701314 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.53" W x 8.53" (0.66 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
