Rethinking Islam - Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

List of contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Imagining Islam -- Islam and Muslims -- Church and State -- Secularism -- Nationalism -- Revelation -- The Qur’an -- Exegesis -- Muhammad -- Hadith -- Tradition -- The Ideal Community -- Women -- Dogmas -- Sacerdotal Power -- Authority -- Judaism, Christianity, and Paganism -- The Greek Heritage -- Islam, Sciences, and Philosophy -- Sufism -- The Person -- Human Rights -- Ethics and Politics -- Mediterranean Culture

About the author

Mohammed Arkoun is professor emeritus of Islamic thought at the Sorbonne. Robert D. Lee is professor of political science at Colorado College.

Summary

This book—the first of Arkoun's works to be widely available in English— advocates a conception of Islam as a stream of experience encompassing majorities and minorities, Sunni and Shi'a, popular mystics and erudite scholars, ancient heroes and modern critics.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammed Arkoun, Mohammed Lee Arkoun, Arkoun Mohammed, Robert D. Lee
• Assisted by: Robert D. Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367285906
• ISBN: 978-0-367-28590-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies