|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
This book could easily be called 'A Guide for the Modern Muslim',
for someone to whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate
but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a stultified
education. Charfi spells out what, for him, is the essential
message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through
the person of the Prophet Muhammad, who was a visionary seeking to
change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which
he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two
separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross
those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to
tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions
with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them
from a moral and political perspective that is independent of the
frameworks produced by tradition."
This is the first English translation of this controversial essay
that challenged fundamental ideas about political power. Egypt,
1925: the Muslim world is in turmoil over Mustapha Kamal Ataturk's
proposal to abolish the caliphate in Turkey. The debate over Islam
and politics re-ignites as traditional political systems dissolve
under pressure from European powers and most Muslim countries lose
their sovereignty. Into this debate enters Ali Abdel Razek, a
religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, arguing in favour
of secularism in his essay 'Islam and the Foundations of Political
Power', translated here and published in paperback for the first
time. It includes a substantial introduction that places the essay
in its context and explains its impact. It features an appendix of
Razek's sources with full publication details. It includes
explanatory notes beside Razek's original footnotes. There are
additional notes about particular people, events or vocabulary that
may be unfamiliar to modern readers.
Mohammed Arkoun was one of the most prominent and influential Arab
intellectuals of his day. During a career spanning more than thirty
years, he was revered as an outstanding research scholar, a bold
critic of the theoretical tensions embedded within Islamic Studies
and an outspoken public figure, upholding political, social and
cultural modernism. This Festschrift honours Arkoun AZs
scholarship, bringing together the contributions of eleven
distinguished scholars of history, religious studies and
philosophy. It offers a comprehensive selection of critical
engagements with Arkoun AZs work, reflecting on his considerable
influence on contemporary thinking about Islam and its ideological,
philosophical and theological dimensions. The authoritative
reference study on the work of Mohammed Arkoun, The Construction of
Belief is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam,
Muslim societies and cultures, modernity, religious studies,
philosophy and semantics.
Current popular and academic discussions tend to make certain
assumptions regarding Islam and its lack of compatibility with
notions of pluralism. Some noted liberal thinkers have even argued
that pluralism itself is inherently antithetical to Islam. This
volume intends to address these assumptions by bringing clarity to
some of its key suppositions and conjectures. It seeks to go beyond
the parameters of political correctness by engaging in a dialogue
that refutes these postulations in a direct, frontal debate. In
this volume, as well as in the forthcoming volume, The Possibility
of Pluralism, eminent scholars from around the world explore
notions of pluralism, discussing the broad spectrum of its
relevance and application to modern day societies, from secularism
and multiculturalism to democracy, globalisation and the pivotal
role of civil society.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor
DVD
(1)
R55
Discovery Miles 550
|