Pathways to Contemporary Islam : : New Trends in Critical Engagement / / ed. by Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Fauzi,; Alatas, Syed Farid,; Allawi, Ali,; Amer, Sahar,; Bakar, Osman,; Hefner, Robert W.,; Lumina, Iulia,; Moosa, Ebrahim,; Nawab, Mohamad,; Roy, Olivier,; Saleem, Saleena,; Unsal, Ali,
• HerausgeberIn: Osman, Mohamed Nawab Mohamed,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society in Asia ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

Pathways to Contemporary Islam highlights that the current tensions in Islam and the Muslim world are the result of historical dynamics as opposed to an alleged incompatibility between religious tradition and modernity. The emphasis on pathways indicates that critical engagement and contestation have always been intrinsic to the history of Islam. The aim of the book is to elaborate the contemporary pathways and analyse the trends that contest the Islamic intellectual tradition, the relationship between religion and politics, and the individual and collective practice of religion. The collection of essays analyses the current efforts of critical re-engagement with the Islamic intellectual tradition and underlines the historical diversity of Islamic orthodoxies that led to the establishment of various pathways in the practice and role of religion in Muslim societies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Constructing Pathways to Contemporary Islam -- Section 1. Historical Trends in Contemporary Perspective -- 1. Pathways to Modern Islam -- 2. A Theoretical Pathway to Contemporary Islam -- Section 2. Contesting the Islamic Intellectual Tradition -- 3. A New Approach to Islamic Intellectual Tradition -- 4. The Best and Most Trying of Times -- 5. The Function of Myths in the Justification of Muslim Extremism -- Section 3. Beyond the Arab Revolutions: Political Islam Revised -- 6. Building Trust in the Democratic Process -- 7. The Failure of Political Islam Revisited -- 8. Regaining the Islamic Centre? -- Section 4. Contemporary Spaces of Critical Engagement -- 9. Enhancing Dialogue Between Religious Traditions -- 10. The Ethical in Shari’a Practices -- 11. The New Horizons of Piety -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index