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PublisherI. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-101845117395
ISBN-139781845117399
eBay Product ID (ePID)64464738
Product Key Features
Book TitleNew Directions in Islamic Thought : Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIslamic Studies, Sociology / General, Civil Rights, Islam / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year2008
GenreReligion, Political Science, Social Science, History
AuthorKari Vogt, Christian Moe, Lena Larsen
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal297.27
Table Of Content* 'Introduction: The Unknowable as Invitation in Science and Religion' -- John Bowker * 'A Taxonomy of Absence' -- John Rodwell * 'Understanding the Radiant Sun: The Unknown and the Unknowable in an Example of Scientific Approach' -- Ramanath Cowsik * 'From the Unknowability of the Universe to the Teleology of Reason' -- Alexei Nesteruk * 'On Knowing the Unknowable: Immanuel Kant and the Unknowable Real'-- Keith Ward * 'Three Forms of Negativity in Christian Mysticism' -- Bernard McGinn * 'On Clouds and Veils: Divine Presence and "Feminine" Secrets in Revelation and Nature' -- Sarah Coakley * 'Knowing the Unknowable about God and the Universe: Humility, Hope and the End of Knowledge'-- Oliver Davies * 'The Unknowable Not Unknown: R.S.Thomas (1913-2000)' -- Margaret Bowker * 'Knowing the Unknowable in Indian Traditions: Representation, Absence and Cosmology' -- Gavin Flood * 'Some Theological Reflections on Buddhism and the Unknowability and Hiddenness of God' -- Paul Williams * 'Divine Absence and the Purification of Desire: A Hindu Saint's Experience of a God who Keeps His Distance' -- Francis Clooney * 'Knowing the Unknowable: An Afterword'--Rowan Williams
SynopsisThis is an important and prestigious volume showcasing leading progressive Islamic thinkers. It includes new essay by controversial public intellectual and Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan. It offers strong appeal to policymakers and as well as students and scholars of religion and the Middle East.How are Muslims to reconcile their beliefs with the pressures and imperatives of the modern world? How should they handle the tension between their roles as private citizens and their religious affiliations and identities? This groundbreaking volume shows in what ways prominent Muslim intellectuals have themselves attempted to bridge the gap by recasting traditional Islamic notions in the light of contemporary understandings of equality, justice and pluralism. The contributors to the book examine the tradition that they seek to reform in relation to the human rights ethic of the modern world. The new wave of Islamic thinking which they represent emerges as multi-stranded rather than defined by a single trend or doctrine.Themes covered include a deconstruction of patriarchal interpretations of the Qur'an; the distinctions between universal and context-specific parts of Islamic texts; a re-contextualisation of Shari'a law; and a critique of religious jurisprudence, particularly where this impacts on matters of sex and gender. Old texts are re-interpreted through the lived situations of real people today. The result is an indispensable portrayal of progressive Islamic thought in the twenty-first century, which will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of religion, ethics and Middle East studies.
