Paya Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium

Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-61559-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

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 Popper’s 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paya, Ali

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. A Critical Rationalist Approach to Religion

2. What and How Can We Learn from the Quran: A Critical Rationalist Perspective

3. A Critical Assessment of the Notions of ‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamisation of Science/Knowledge’

4. The Faqih as Engineer: A Critical Assessment of the Epistemological Status of Fiqh

5. Islamic Philosophy: Past, present, and Future

6. Muslims and Modernity: After Two and a Half Centuries What Have We Learnt? A Meta-Study of the Main Lessons of an Eventful Encounter

7. The Disenchantment of Reason: An Anti-rational Trend in Modern Shi‘i Thought- The Tafkikis

8. Critical Rationalism Vs Doctrinal Dogmatism and Violent Radicalism: Muslim Intellectuals in Iran

9. How to Promote ‘Modern Critical Thinking’ in the Context of Islamic Studies in Virtual Environment?

10. Imam Ali’s Theory of Justice Revisited

11. In Defence of Universal Moral Principles and Values

12. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: Can they ever live peacefully together?

13. The Shape of the Coming Global Civil Society: Suggestions for a Possible Islamic Perspective

14. Dialogue in the Real World

15. Abdolkarim Soroush: The Hesitant Rationalist

Über Autor(innen)

Ali Paya is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Islamic College London, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (UK) and Azad University (Iran). He has published widely on modern Islam including the book Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World (2012) and The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy- Western & Islamic (2013). He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Dialogue Studies, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies and International Journal of Islam.