Reformation of Islamic Thought : A Critical Historical Analysis Paperback / softback
by Nasr Zayd
Part of the WRR Verkenningen series
Paperback / softback
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Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking.
Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more prominent position than they might ever have dreamt of. In Reformation of Islamic Thought, the prominent Egyptian scholar Nasr Abu Zayd examines the positive, liberal, and inclusive reaction embedded in the writings of Muslim thinkers.
He takes the reader on a critical journey across the Muslim World, where Muslim thinkers from Egypt and Iran to Indonesia seek to divest Islam of traditionalistic and legalistic interpretation.
Instead, these thinkers stress the value of a cultural, enlightened Islam, and an individualistic faith. For many, the dogmatic Islam established by the conservatives and supported by totalitarian political regimes is outdated; they want it replaced by a spiritual and ethical Islam.
To what extent are these reformist thinkers engaged in a genuine renewal of Islamic thought?
Do they succeed in escaping the traditionalist trap of presenting a purely negative image of the West?
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2006
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- ISBN:9789053568286
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9789053568286
