- 218 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims.
Focusing on the period from roughly the late 1960s to the first decade of the twenty-first century, the book is global in its approach and offers an overview of different strands of thought and trends in the development of new ideas, distinguishing between traditional, reactionary, and progressive approaches. It presents a variety of themes and issues including: The continuing relevance of the legacy of traditional Islamic learning as well as the use of reason; the centrality of the Qur'an; the spiritual concerns of contemporary Muslims; political thought regarding secularity, statehood, and governance; legal and ethical debates; related current issues like human rights, gender equality, and religious plurality; as well as globalization, ecology and the environment, bioethics, and life sciences.
An alternative account of Islam and the Muslim world today, counterbalancing narratives that emphasise politics and confrontations with the West, this book is an essential resource for students and scholars of Islam.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The problem of taxonomy: categorizing contemporary Muslim intellectuals
- 2. Philosophies of knowledge: transmission and reason
- 3. Scripture: alternative ways of engaging with the Qur’an
- 4. Spiritual dimensions of contemporary Muslim thought: Sufism today: psychology, literature, and Islamization of knowledge
- 5. Islam and politics: thinking about secularity, freedom and democracy
- 6. Shariʿa: Islamic legal system or ethical guideline?
- 7. Dealing with difference and plurality: emancipation, toleration and human rights
- 8. Issues of the twenty-first century: globalization, ecology and medical ethics
- Bibliography
- Index