Islam and Secularism in the Middle East - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814782612 ISBN 13 : 9780814782613

Editeur : New York University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Western civilization tends to view secularism as a positive achievement. From this perspective, benefits of secularizing trends include the separation of church and state, the rule of law, and freedom from organized religion.
In the Arab Middle East, however, Islamist intellectuals increasingly cite Western-inspired secularism as the source of the region's social dislocation and political instability. While secularism in the West led to the spread of democratic values, in the Muslim world it has been associated with dictatorship, the violation of human rights, and the abrogation of civil liberties.
Islam and Secularism in the Middle East examines the origins and growth of the movement to abolish the secularizing reforms of the past century by creating a political order guided by Shariah law. Contributors explain the Islamic rejection of secularism as a failed Western Christian ideal and also discuss how secularization was pioneered by those who thought Muslims could only advance politically by emulating Western practices, including the renunciation of religion.

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À propos des auteurs

AZZAM TAMIMI is Director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought and is a writer on Islam and Middle East Issues.

John Esposito is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, where he was the Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a Past President of the American Academy of Religion and Middle East Studies Association of North America, and is the recipient of the American Academy of Religion's Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. He is the author or coauthor/coeditor of more than 50 books, including What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam, Modernizing Islam, and Muslims on the Americanization Path.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814782612
• ISBN 13: 9780814782613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 295
• Éditeur: Esposito John L., Tamimi Azzam
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