Reformation of Islamic thought : a critical historical analysis / Nasr Abu Zayd ; with the assistance of Katajun Amirpur and Mohamad Nur Kholis Setiawan.

By:

Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid

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Series: WRR verkenningen ; 10.Publication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (112 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781429454513
1429454512
9789048503971
9048503973
128095826X
9781280958267

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reformation of Islamic thought.DDC classification:

297.2/72 22

LOC classification:

BP173.6 .A28 2006eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 For many, the dogmatic Islam established by the conservatives and supported by totalitarian political regimes is outdated; they want it replaced by a spiritual and ethical Islam.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.

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"WRR Scientific Council for Government Policy."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-109).

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.

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.