An Islamic Reformation? - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 073910554X ISBN 13 : 9780739105542

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

Over the last two decades we have seen a vast number of books published in the West that treat Islamic fundamentalism as a rising threat to the western values of secularism and democracy. In the last decade scholars began proclaiming an existent or emerging clash between East and West, Islam and Christianity, or in the case of Benjamin R. Barber, Jihad and McWorld. More recently, some western scholars have offered another interpretation. Focusing on the work of contemporary Muslim intellectuals, these scholars have begun to argue that what we are witnessing, in Islamic contexts, is tantamount to a Reformation. An Islamic Reformation attempts to evaluate this claim through the work of emerging and top scholars in the fields of political science, philosophy, anthropology, religion, history and Middle Eastern studies. The overall goal of this volume is to question the impact of various reformist trends throughout the Middle East. Are we witnessing a growth in fundamentalism or the emergence of an Islamic Reformation? What does religious practice in this region reflect? What is the usefulness of approaching these questions through Christian/Islamic and West/East dichotomies? Unique in its focus and scope, An Islamic Reformation represents an emerging vanguard in the discussion of Islamic religious heritage and practice and its effect on world politics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michaelle Browers is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University. Charles Kurzman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 073910554X
• ISBN 13: 9780739105542
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Éditeur: Browers Michaelle, Kurzman Charles
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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