Contemporary Debates in Islam: An Anthology of Modernist and. Fundamentalist Thought

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Overview

Also available in paperback as "Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam"During the second half of the nineteenth century, a group of prominent Muslim theologians began to critically examine classical conceptions and methods of jurisprudence and devised a new approach to Islamic theology. This new approach was nothing short of an outright rebellion against Islamic orthodoxy, displaying an astonishing compatibility with nineteenth century Enlightenment-era thought. In the 20th century this modernist movement declined, to be replaced by another cultural episode, characterized by the growing power of Islamic fundamentalism. This volume looks at these two very different approaches to Islam. The editors have selected the most prominent Islamic thinkers of modernist and fundamentalist viewpoints, diverse nationalities, and from both the late decades of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the 20th century. The writers discuss their own views with regard to such issues as philosophical and political perceptions of democracy, the state, the history of Islam, women's rights, personal lifestyle, education, and the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312215804
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	08/04/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Mansoor Moaddel is a Professor in the Near East Studies Department at Princeton University.

Kamran Talattof is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University.

Table of Contents

	Preface	viii
	Credits and Acknowledgments	ix
	Note on Translations, Transliteration, and Editing	xi
	Introduction: Contemporary Debates in Islam	1
Part I	An Overview of Islamic Modernism: The Contributors in Context	7
Part II	An Overview of Islamic Fundamentalism: The Contributors in Context	16
Part 1	Islamic Modernism
I.	Jurisprudence, Rational Sciences, and Differentiation of Knowledge
1.	Religion versus Science	23
2.	Islamic Revealed Law versus Islamic Common Law	29
3.	The Rationalistic and Philosophical Spirit of Islam	35
4.	The Sociological Laws of the Quran	41
5.	The Necessity of Religious Reform	45
6.	Methodology of Historical Writing	53
II.	Islam and Politics
7.	War and Peace: Popular Jihad	71
8.	The Problem of Caliphate	95
9.	Authority and the Problem of Succession	101
10.	Intellectual Pluralism and Freedom of Opinion	109
III.	Islam and Western Civilization
11.	Social Liberalism and Laissez-Faire Capitalism	123
12.	Islam and Civilization	135
IV.	Islamic Modernism and the Issue of Women
13.	Polygamy	145
14.	The Rights of Women	159
15.	The Liberation of Women	163
V.	Style of Living
16.	The Way of Life	183
17.	The Way To Eat a Meal	187
18.	Civil Rights	189
Part 2	Islamic Fundamentalism
I.	Jurisprudence, Bases of Law, and Rational Sciences
19.	Islam as the Foundation of Knowledge	197
20.	Fallacy of Rationalism	207
II.	Islam and Politics
21.	War, Peace, and Islamic Jihad	223
22.	The Pillars of an Islamic State	247
23.	The Necessity of Islamic Government	251
24.	The Political Theory of Islam	263
25.	All-Encompassing Program of an Islamic State	273
26.	Boycotting the 1997 Election in Jordan	301
27.	Islamic Action Front Party Interview with Dr. Ishaq A. Farhan	309
III.	Islam and Western Civilization
28.	Critical Attitude toward the West and the Idea of Western Decadence	315
29.	Self-Destructiveness of Western Civilization	325
30.	Granting Capitulatory Rights to the U.S.	333
31.	Islam and Its Adversaries	341
32.	Westoxication	343
IV.	Women and the Hijab
33.	A Moralizing Fundamentalism	359
34.	On the Islamic Hijab	361
	Bibliographical Sources	373
	Index	377

Editorial Reviews

"This anthology will definitely benefit readers who wish to become familiar with the various strands' of Islam" --Arab Studies Journal

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