Controversies In Contemporary Islam

Author : Oliver Leaman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134499755

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This book helps to deepen our understanding of the varieties of contemporary Islam and the issues that are of most concern to Muslims today. Oliver Leaman explores some of the controversies and debates that exist within Islam and between Islam and other religions. He considers how the religion can be defined by looking at the contrast between competing sets of beliefs, and arguments amongst Muslims themselves over the nature of the faith. Areas covered include: Qur’anic interpretation, gender, finance, education, and nationalism. Examples are taken from a range of contexts and illustrate the diversity of approaches to Islam that exists today.

Author : Oliver Leaman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134499823

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Controversies in Contemporary Islam by Oliver Leaman Pdf

This book helps to deepen our understanding of the varieties of contemporary Islam and the issues that are of most concern to Muslims today. Oliver Leaman explores some of the controversies and debates that exist within Islam and between Islam and other religions. He considers how the religion can be defined by looking at the contrast between competing sets of beliefs, and arguments amongst Muslims themselves over the nature of the faith. Areas covered include: Qur’anic interpretation, gender, finance, education, and nationalism. Examples are taken from a range of contexts and illustrate the diversity of approaches to Islam that exists today.

Author : L. Ali Khan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748675944

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Contemporary Ijtihad by L. Ali Khan Pdf

The book examines the challenges and limits of contemporary ijtihad in the context of diverse needs of Muslim cultures and communities living in Muslim and non-Muslim nations and continents, including Europe and North America.

Author : Nilüfer Göle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317112532

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Islam and Public Controversy in Europe by Nilüfer Göle Pdf

The public visibility of Islam is becoming increasingly controversial throughout European countries. With case studies drawn from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, this book examines a range of public issues, including mosque construction, ritual slaughter, Sharia councils and burqa bans, addressing the question of ’Islamic difference’ in public life outside the confines of established normative discourses that privilege freedom of religion, minority rights or multiculturalism. Acknowledging the creative role of dissent, it explores the manner in which public controversies unsettle the religious-secular divide and reshape European norms in the domains of aesthetics, individual freedom, animal rights and law. Developing an innovative conceptual framework and elaborating the notion of controversy as a methodological tool, Islam and Public Controversy in Europe draws our attention to the processes of interaction, confrontation and mutual transformation, thereby opening up a new horizon for rethinking difference and pluralism in Europe. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in religion, integration, cultural difference and the public sphere.

Author : Abdul Aziz Said,Mohammed Abu-Nimer,Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135988357

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Contemporary Islam by Abdul Aziz Said,Mohammed Abu-Nimer,Meena Sharify-Funk Pdf

Contemporary Islam provides a counterweight to the prevailing opinions of Islamic thought as conservative and static with a preference for violence over dialogue. It gathers together a collection of eminent scholars from around the world who tackle issues such as intellectual pluralism, gender, the ethics of political participation, human rights, non-violence and religious harmony. This is a highly topical and important study which gives a progressive outlook for Islam's role in modern politics and society.

Author : Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0873955439

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Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Pdf

The economic, social, political, military, and intellectual aspects of the Muslims' concern for history reveal the general structure of their perception of reality.

Author : John L. Esposito,John Obert Voll
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019514127X

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Makers of Contemporary Islam by John L. Esposito,John Obert Voll Pdf

This book examines the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals whose work provides the core of what the Islamic resurgence became in the 1990s adn is an important foundation for what it can become in the 21st century. Nine figures are covered: Ismail al-Faruqi, Khurshid Ahmad, Maryam Jameelah, Hasan Hanafi, Anwar Ibrahim, and Abdurrahman Wahid.

Author : Mun'im Sirry
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781527571341

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Controversies over Islamic Origins by Mun'im Sirry Pdf

What evidence do we have to reconstruct the origins of Islam? On the basis of what sources can the first century of Islam be accessed? Why do historians of early Islam consider the literary sources of Islamic origins to be so problematic? How is the problem of early Islamic history framed? This book addresses these critical questions by discussing various approaches to the problem of reconstructing Islamic origins. In a spirit of welcoming diverse perspectives and encouraging healthy scholarly debate, it explores different, even conflicting modern theories about the emergence of Islam through various case studies, including recent debates on the Qur’an, the biography of the Prophet, and early conquest narratives. A broad spectrum of both traditionalist and revisionist scholarship is critically examined with the purpose of illuminating not only how modern scholars differ, but also what they have in common.

Author : Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000801446

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Muslim Women in Contemporary North America by Meena Sharify-Funk Pdf

Muslim Women in Contemporary North America is a provocative study of how strongly held and divergent opinions, values, and beliefs, as well as misconceptions, overgeneralizations, and political agendas pertaining to Muslim women in the region, enter the public frame of reference. Interrogating contested topics in a series of case studies from both Canada and the United States, this book probes below the surface in pursuit of deeper understanding and more productive dialogue. Chapters analyze controversies over "clash" literature, dissident reformists, female religious leadership, veils, and the nature of emancipation in a compelling examination of the ways in which "Muslim," "American," and "Canadian" identities and values are being defined, differentiated, and projected. By pinpointing both sources of dissonance and unexpected patterns of resonance among complex, composite, and at times overlapping identity constellations, this book uncovers the impact of controversies on broader cultural negotiations in the United States and Canada. Transforming controversy and cliché into genuine conversation, Muslim Women in Contemporary North America is an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the fields of Islamic and Muslim Studies, Gender Studies, International Relations, Political Science, and Sociology.

Author : Paul Hedges
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472588555

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Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters by Paul Hedges Pdf

Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues addresses the key issues in the present day global encounter between Christians and Muslims. Divided into two parts, the first examines theoretical issues and concerns which affect dialogue between the two traditions. The second part highlights case studies from around the world. Chapters come from established scholars including Reuven Firestone, Douglas Pratt and Clinton Bennett, emerging scholars, as well as practitioner perspectives. Highlighting the diversity within the field of "Christian-Muslim" encounter, case studies cover examples from the US and globally, and include dialogue in the US post 9/11, Nigerian Muslims and Christians, and Christian responses to Islamophobia in the UK. Covering unique areas and those not explored in detail elsewhere, Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues will be of interest to advanced students, researchers, and interfaith professionals.

Author : Nilüfer Göle
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822375135

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Islam and Secularity by Nilüfer Göle Pdf

In Islam and Secularity Nilüfer Göle takes on two pressing issues: the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. Göle shows how the visibility of Islamic practice in the European public sphere unsettles narratives of Western secularism. As mutually constitutive, Islam and secularism permeate each other, the effects of which play out in embodied and aesthetic practices and are accompanied by fear, anxiety, and violence. In this timely book, Göle illuminates the recent rethinking of secularism and religion, of modernity and resistance to it, of the public significance of sexuality, and of the shifting terrain of identity in contemporary Europe.

Author : Paul Michael Hedges
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : LCCN:2014005213

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Controversies in Contemporary Religion by Paul Michael Hedges Pdf

Author : A. Mondal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137466082

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Islam and Controversy by A. Mondal Pdf

Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses ? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies.

Author : Johannes Renders
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004448957

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Freedom through Submission: Muslim-talk in Contemporary Denmark by Johannes Renders Pdf

In Freedom through Submission Johannes Renders explores Danish-Muslim statements on human freedom, analysing the Muslim community’s attempts to reconfigure a public debate that pits freedom against islam.

Author : Paul Hedges
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1041 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781440803420

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Controversies in Contemporary Religion by Paul Hedges Pdf

Religious or spiritual beliefs underpin many controversies and conflicts in the contemporary world. Written by a range of scholarly contributors, this three-volume set provides contextual background information and detailed explanations of religious controversies across the globe. Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality is a three-volume set that addresses a wide variety of current religious issues, analyzing religion's role in the rise of fundamentalism, censorship, human rights, environmentalism and sustainability, sexuality, bioethics, and other questions of widespread interest. Providing in-depth context and analysis far beyond what's available in the news or online, this work will enable readers to understand the nature of and reasons for controversies in current headlines. The first volume covers theoretical and academic debates, the second looks at debates in the public square and ethical issues, while the third examines specific issues and case studies. These volumes bring detailed and careful debate of a range of controversies together in one place, including topics not often covered—for example, how religions promote or hinder social cohesion and peace, the relationship of religions to human rights, and the intersection of Buddhism and violence. Written by a range of experts that includes both established and emerging scholars, the text explains key debates in ways that are accessible and easy to understand for lay readers as well as undergraduate students researching particular issues or global religious trends.