a critical historical analysis Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid. creator Amirpur, Katajun 1971- Setiawan, Muhammad Nashir 1967- Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid (Netherlands) text bibliography Electronic books. ne Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (112 pages). Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more prominent position than they might ever have dreamt of. In Reformation of Islamic Thought, the prominent Egyptian scholar Nasr Abu Zayd examines the positive, liberal, and inclusive reaction embedded in the writings of Muslim thinkers. He takes the reader on a critical journey across the Muslim World, where Muslim thinkers from Egypt and Iran to Indonesia seek to divest Islam of traditionalistic and legalistic interpretation. Instead, these thinkers stress the value of a cultural, enlightened Islam, and an individualistic faith. For many, the dogmatic Islam established by the conservatives and supported by totalitarian political regimes is outdated; they want it replaced by a spiritual and ethical Islam. To what extent are these reformist thinkers engaged in a genuine renewal of Islamic thought? Do they succeed in escaping the traditionalist trap of presenting a purely negative image of the West? -- Publisher description. 1 Introduction --- 2 The Pre-Colonial Period --- 3 The Nineteenth Century --- 4 The Twentieth Century --- 5 Selected Thinkers on Islam, Sharia, Democracy and Human Rights. Nasr Abu Zayd ; with the assistance of Katajun Amirpur and Mohamad Nur Kholis Setiawan. "WRR Scientific Council for Government Policy." Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-109). Islam Democracy Religious aspects Human rights Religious aspects RELIGION Islam Theology POLITICAL SCIENCE Comparative Politics Society and social sciences Politics and government Sociology and anthropology Democracy Religious aspects Human rights Religious aspects Islam Political science Public administration Sociology Politicologie Bestuurskunde Sociologie BP173.6 .A28 2006eb 297.2/72 Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)71803321 9781429454513 1429454512 9789048503971 9048503973 128095826X 9781280958267 22573/ctt45sd9f JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=174897 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=174897 N$T 070305 20200709055133.0 ocm85765266 eng