Authors: Clinton Bennett
ISBN-13: 9780826454829, ISBN-10: 0826454828
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Can democracy flourish in Muslim society? What does the Qur’an say about women, minorities, human rights? Are Islam and the West on a collision course? After 9/11, much has been written about the inevitability of a clash between Islam and the West, as their worldviews compete for global supremacy. Recent developments have done little to challenge this thesis, or the West’s negative image of Islam. The author compares and contrasts contributions from “traditional” and “progressive” Muslims. Voicing at least two Muslim opinions in each area of debate, this book challenges the idea that all Muslims think identically. While Muslims and Modernity is designed primarily for use an undergraduate textbook, reference to accessible Internet material, to literature and to popular as well as scholarly sources will broaden its appeal to a general readership. This book’s discussion draws on post-colonial theory, feminist analyses, anthropology, cultural and religious studies, politics and philosophy.
Introduction : voices and viewpoints | 1 | |
1 | Modernity, postmodernity and the world of Islam | 17 |
2 | Muslims and democracy | 40 |
3 | Muslims on human rights | 63 |
4 | Muslim voices on the Qur'an | 85 |
5 | Islamic epistemology | 107 |
6 | Muslim voices on gender in Islam | 129 |
7 | Non-Muslims in the Muslim world : voices and views | 156 |
8 | Muslims as minorities : voices and views | 177 |
9 | War and peace in Islam : the traditional view | 198 |
10 | Progressive and moderate Muslims on war and peace | 219 |
11 | Algeria : a study in Islamic resurgence, and Bangladesh : culture v. Islam | 240 |