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Record Nr.

UNINA9910251455203321

Autore

Byrd Dustin

Titolo

Islam in a post-secular society : religion, secularity, and the antagonism of recalcitrant faith / / by Dustin J. Byrd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2016

ISBN

90-04-32855-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; v. 98

Disciplina

297.09

Soggetti

Islam and secularism - Western countries

Frankfurt school of sociology

Critical theory

Islamic philosophy

Western countries Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Professing Islam in a Post-Secular Society / Dustin J. Byrd -- Adversity in Post-Secular Europe / Dustin J. Byrd -- Finding a Common Language / Dustin J. Byrd -- Witnessing and Professing in Prophetic and Positive Religions / Dustin J. Byrd -- After Auschwitz: Islam in Europe / Dustin J. Byrd -- Post-Secularity and Its Discontents: The Barbaric Revolt against Barbarism / Dustin J. Byrd -- The Globalized Post-Secular Society and the Future of Islam / Dustin J. Byrd.

Sommario/riassunto

Islam in the Post-Secular Society: Religion, Secularity and the Antagonism of Recalcitrant Faith critically examines the unique challenges facing Muslims in Europe and North America. From the philosophical perspective of the Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory, this book attempts not only to diagnose the current problems stemming from a marginalization of Islam in the secular West, but also to offer a proposal for a Habermasian discourse between the religious and the secular. By highlighting historical examples of Islamic and western rapprochement, and rejecting the ‘clash of civilization’ thesis, the author attempts to find a ‘common language’ between the religious and the secular, which can serve as a vehicle for a future reconciliation.