Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium (eBook)

Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam

Ali Paya (Autor)

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2018
284 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-351-61560-0 (ISBN)

Infos

As the world becomes increasingly globalised Islam faces some important choices. Does it seek to "e;modernise"e; in line with the cultures in which it is practised, or does it retain its traditions even if they are at odds with the surrounding society? This book utilizes a critical rationalist viewpoint to illuminate many of the hotly contended issues in modern Islam, and to offer a fresh analysis. A variety of issues within Islam are discussed in this book including, Muslims and modernity; Islam, Christianity and Judaism; approaches to the understanding of the Quran; Muslim identity and civil society; doctrinal certainty and violent radicalism. In each case, the author makes use of Karl Popper's theory of critical rationalism to uncover new aspects of these issues and to challenge post-modern, relativist, literalist and justificationist readings of Islam. This is a unique perspective on contemporary Islam and as such will be of significant interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Islamic Studies and the Philosophy of Religion.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• ISBN-10: 1-351-61560-2 / 1351615602
• ISBN-13: 978-1-351-61560-0 / 9781351615600