03063cam a2200613Ii 4500 on1012487580 OCoLC 20200709060556.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 171121s2017 ncu ob s001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T 9781469635101 (electronic bk.) 1469635100 (electronic bk.) 9781469635088 1469635089 9781469635095 1469635097 1636332 (N$T) (OCoLC)1012487580 B745.R4 A36 2017eb PHI 003000 bisacsh 181/.07 23 MAIN Ahmad, Irfan, 1974- author. Religion as critique : Islamic critical thinking from Mecca to the marketplace / Irfan Ahmad. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Islamic civilization and Muslim networks Includes bibliographical references and index. "Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam--indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices. Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing in large part on South Asian traditions. Ahmad contemplates and interrogates Greek and Enlightenment notions of reason and critique, and he notes how they are invoked in relation to "others," including Muslims. Drafting an alternative genealogy of critique in Islam, Ahmad reads religious teachings and texts, drawing on sources in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and English, and demonstrates how they serve as expressions of critique. Throughout, he depicts Islam as an agent, not an object, of critique."-- Provided by publisher. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 21, 2017). Added to collection customer.56279.3 Islamic philosophy. Faith and reason Islam. Critical thinking. Criticism. Reasoning. Critical thinking. fast (OCoLC)fst00883692 Criticism. fast (OCoLC)fst00883735 Faith and reason Islam. fast (OCoLC)fst00919962 Islamic philosophy. fast (OCoLC)fst01730358 Reasoning. fast (OCoLC)fst01091282 PHILOSOPHY / Eastern bisacsh Electronic books. Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1636332 EBSCOhost EBSC 1636332 92 N$T 57466 57466