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Translating Islam, Translating Religion - Conceptions of Religion and Islam in the Aligarh Movement. Dissertationsschrift

English · Hardback

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Religion is commonly perceived as an unequivocally defined concept. However, a historic perspective raises questions about this understanding and reveals religion as a concept that developed only in a process of negotiation with other religions. In particular, the 19th century is of special interest in this regard, as the colonial encounter intensifies tremendously in South Asia. The religions of South Asia are scrutinised, categorised and compared to Christianity by Europeans, which leads to the development of religion as abstractum. Missionary and orientalist critique as well as modern science pose to be an entirely new confrontation for the Muslims of South Asia. This book aims to analyse Muslim responses to this confrontation, which imply a translation of Islam as a religion as well as an adaption of the concept of religion itself. The Aligarh Movement is of particular interest in this regard, as it intensively engages in these debates, trying to integrate a re-interpretation of Islam in these discourses.

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Authors Arian Hopf
Publisher Heidelberg University Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2021
 
EAN 9783946742906
ISBN 978-3-946742-90-6
No. of pages 356
Dimensions 160 mm x 30 mm x 241 mm
Weight 768 g
Illustrations mit Abb.
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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