Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium: Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam

Author:   Ali Paya
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138087750


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 February 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ali Paya
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781138087750


ISBN 10:   1138087750
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1 Introduction 2 What and how can we learn from the Quran? A critical rationalist perspective 3 A critical rationalist approach to religion 4 A critical assessment of the programmes of producing ‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamisation of Science/Knowledge’ 5 Faqih as engineer: a critical assessment of Fiqh’s epistemological status 6 A critical assessment of the method of interpretation of the Quran by the Quran, in the light of Allameh Tabatabaei’s Tafsir al-Mizan 7 The disenchantment of reason: an anti-rational trend in modern Shi‘i thought – the Tafkikis 8 Islamic philosophy: past, present and future 9 Doctrinal certainty: a major contributory factor to ‘Secular’ and ‘Religious’ violence in the political sphere 10 Islam, Christianity and Judaism: can they ever live peacefully together? 11 The shape of the coming global civil society: suggestions for a possible Islamic perspective

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Ali Paya is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Islamic College London, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (UK) and Azad University (Iran). He has published widely on modern Islam including the book Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World (2012) and The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy- Western & Islamic (2013). He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Dialogue Studies, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies and International Journal of Islam.

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