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This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam
in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight
larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings," deals with the
transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential
part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam
specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols.
The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural
features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics
in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain
social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and
20th century reform movements, with special attention given to
developments in Saudi Arabia and the "puritan" characteristics of
present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections
discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies,
Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political
uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links
between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of
Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction
signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World
War II.
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration
of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western
societies; in particular, it examines religions in their
differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural
systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is
given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a
clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical
data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the
religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or
media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their
construction of identity, and their relation to society and the
wider public are key issues of this series.
A historical and contemporary exploration of Phenomenology of
Religion as a method in the study of religion.This book of twelve
chapters may be conceptually divided into three parts, each
consisting of four chapters. The connotations of the term
'Phenomenology of Religion' are subjected to a detailed analysis in
the first part; in the second part the phenomenological method is
located within the general methodological framework of religious
studies, while the current debate around this method is spelled out
in the last part, with the author making his own contribution to
the debate in the last chapter.
This book deals with Islamic studies and with the question how the
scholarly study of religion can contribute to the study of Islam.
The author advocates studying Islamic phenomena as signs and
symbols interpreted and applied in diverse ways in existing
traditions. He stresses the role of Muslims as actors in the
ongoing debate about the articulation of Islamic ways of life and
construction of Islam as a religion. A careful study of this debate
should steer clear of political, religious, and ideological
interests. Research in this area by Muslims and non-Muslim scholars
alike should address the question of what Muslims have made of
their Islam in specific circumstances. Current political contexts
have created an unhealthy climate for pursuing an "open" approach
to Islam based on reading, observing, listening and reflecting.
Yet, precisely nowadays we need to look anew at ways of Muslim
thinking and acting that refer to Islam and to avoid certain
schemes of interpreting Muslim realities that are no longer
adequate for present-day Muslim life situations. Muslim recourses
to Islam can be studied as human constructions of value and
meaning, and relations between Muslims and others can be seen in
terms of human interaction, without blame always falling on Islam
as such.
Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and
Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories,
theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the
study of religion. Topics include (among others) category
formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology,
myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism,
structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the
series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the
history of the discipline.
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1974 (Hardcover, Reprint 2020)
Herbert W. Mason, Ronald L. Nettler, Merlin L. Swarz, Jacques Waardenburg
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R3,286
Discovery Miles 32 860
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Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and
adherents of other religions. After illuminating various aspects of
Islam from an outside point of view in his volume "Islam"
(published in 2002 by de Gruyter) his second volume changes the
perspective: The author shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims -
particularly Christianity and "the West," but also Judaism and
Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and
tensions. The main focus is on Muslim minorities in Western
countries and on religious dialogues of which he provides
first-hand knowledge through his participation in several important
dialogue meetings. After 50 years of research and personal
involvement, Waardenburg aims at a mutual understanding and
reconciliation of Islam and other religions, particularly
Christianity, both on an international level as well as on a more
local level where "old" and "new," Christian and Muslim Europeans
live together.
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and
Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories,
theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the
study of religion. Topics include (among others) category
formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology,
myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism,
structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the
series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the
history of the discipline.
Waardenburg's magisterial essay traces the rise and development of
the academic study of religion from the mid-nineteenth to the
mid-twentieth century, outlining the establishment of the
discipline, its connections with other fields, religion as a
subject of research, and perspectives on a phenomenological study
of religion. Futhermore a second part comprises an anthology of
texts from 41 scholars whose work was programmatic in the evolution
of the academic study of religion. Each chapter presents a
particular approach, theory, and method relevant to the study of
religion. The pieces selected for this volume were taken from the
discipline of religious studies as well as from related fields,
such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology, to name a few.
Since its inception, Islam and its civilization have been in continuous relationships with other religions, cultures, and civilizations, including not only different forms of Christianity and Judaism inside and outside the Middle East, Zoroastrianism and Manicheism, Hinduism and even Buddhism, but also tribal religions in West and East Africa, in South Russia and in Central Asia, including Tibet. The essays collected here examine the many texts that have come down to us about these cultures and their religions, from Muslim theologians and jurists, travellers and historians, and men of letters and of culture.
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