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Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy - Classical and Modern Interpretations (Hardcover)
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Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy - Classical and Modern Interpretations (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Islamic Studies Series
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Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy aspires to clarify the
tensions and congruences between the revelational and the rational,
the text and the context, the limits and the horizons of
contextualization in Islam, as these emanate from the Islamic
interpretative tradition. This book examines classical and modern
Muslim interpretations with regard to the concepts of diachronic
development, pluralism and democracy based on Arabic-Islamic
sources and literature. Focusing on the parameters of semantic
changes, methods of interpretation and cultural variables, it shows
how this interpretative tradition offers a diversity of ideas and
approaches that can be utilized in contemporary debates concerning
the socio-political contextualization of Islamic genuine thought.
However, within this diversity, Islam presents generic principles
and core values as 'moral paradigms' that can deal with such modern
challenges. Based on the analysis of core Islamic texts and
key-terms related to the discussed issues, mainly from the Quran
and the Sunnah, and the broader Arabic-Islamic literature, it
explores the boundaries of the mutable and constant in the Islamic
worldview. Presenting classical Muslim interpretations and scholars
as possible interlocutors in debates over the compatibility of
Islam with challenges of modernity, this book is essential reading
for researchers and postgraduates interested in Islamic Studies,
Philosophy of Religion and Political Science.
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