Title Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy : Classical and Modern Interpretations

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (737 pages) Series Routledge Islamic Studies Series Routledge Islamic studies. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Arabic Transliteration System and Citation Guidelines; 1. Introduction; Preliminary; Islamic diversity; The emergence of a non-Islamic cultural challenge; Setting of the research problem and relevance; Aspects of the problem; Methods; Study scheme and sub-questions; 2. The Dilemma of a Diachronic Language; Language and religion; Reading sources between narration and re-interpretation; 3. Classical Sources and Interpretations about Development: Between Tradition and Renovation The value of developmentIslam and the pre-Islamic Arab tradition; "This day have I perfected your religion for you": Revivalism or renovation?; Reform in a Muslim context; 4. On Pluralism; The scriptural background: Humanity as unity; Islam and the "Other"; Religious-cultural identity and pluralism; The status quo: Muslims in a multicultural context; 5. On Democracy; Islam and the state; The prototype of rā'ī and ra'iyya: 'adl-kratia vis-à-vis dēmo-kratia?; Between freedom and submission: The challenge of liberal democracy; Shūra and democracy: Islamizing democracy or democratizing Islam? 6. Summary and ConclusionsBibliography; Index Summary Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy aspires to clarify the tensions and congruences between the revelational and the rational, the text and the context, the limits and the horizons of contextualization in Islam, as these emanate from the Islamic interpretative tradition. This book examines classical and modern Muslim interpretations with regard to the concepts of diachronic development, pluralism and democracy based on Arabic-Islamic sources and literature. Focusing on the parameters of semantic changes, methods of interpretation and cultural variables, it shows how this interpretative trad Notes Print version record Subject Islam and politics. Democracy -- Islamic countries Cultural pluralism -- Islamic countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. Cultural pluralism Democracy Islam and politics Islamic countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317627463 1317627466

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