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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795068203321

Autore

Paya Ali

Titolo

Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium : Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

1-315-11028-8

1-351-61559-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 272 pages.)

Disciplina

297.2/7

Soggetti

Faith and reason - Islam

Islam - 21st century

Rationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction / Ali Paya -- chapter 2 What and how can we learn from the Quran? -- A critical rationalist perspective / Ali Paya -- chapter 3 A critical rationalist approach to religion / Ali Paya -- chapter 4 A critical assessment of the programmes of producing ‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamisation of Science/Knowledge’ / Ali Paya -- chapter 5 Faqih as engineer -- A critical assessment of Fiqh’s epistemological status / Ali Paya -- chapter 6 A critical assessment of the method of interpretation of the Quran by the Quran, in the light of Allameh Tabatabaei’s Tafsir al-Mizan / Ali Paya -- chapter 7 The disenchantment of reason -- An anti-rational trend in modern Shi‘i thought – the Tafkikis / Ali Paya -- chapter 8 Islamic philosophy -- Past, present and future / Ali Paya -- chapter 9 Doctrinal certainty -- A major contributory factor to ‘Secular’ and ‘Religious’ violence in the political sphere / Ali Paya -- chapter 10 Islam, Christianity and Judaism -- Can they ever live peacefully together? / Ali Paya -- chapter 11 The shape of the coming global civil society -- Suggestions for a possible Islamic perspective / Ali Paya.

Sommario/riassunto

"As the world becomes increasingly globalised Islam faces some important choices. Does it seek to "modernise" in line with the cultures in which it is practised, or does it retain its traditions even if they are at



odds with the surrounding society? This book utilizes a critical rationalist viewpoint to illuminate many of the hotly contended issues in modern Islam, and to offer a fresh analysis. A variety of issues within Islam are discussed in this book including, Muslims and modernity; Islam, Christianity and Judaism; approaches to the understanding of the Quran; Muslim identity and civil society; doctrinal certainty and violent radicalism. In each case, the author makes use of Karl Poppers theory of critical rationalism to uncover new aspects of these issues and to challenge post-modern, relativist, literalist and justificationist readings of Islam. This is a unique perspective on contemporary Islam and as such will be of significant interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Islamic Studies and the Philosophy of Religion."--Provided by publisher.