Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World: Trends, Themes, and Issues

ISBN-13: 9780415855082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 218 str.

Carool Kersten

Opis

This book presents an intellectual history of today’s Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims.

Spis treści

Introduction  1 The Problem of Taxonomy  2 Philosophies of Knowledge  3 Scripture  4 Spiritual Dimensions of Contemporary Muslim Thought  5 Islam and Politics  6 Shariʿa  7 Dealing with Difference and Plurality  8 Issues of the Twenty-first Century

O autorze

Carool Kersten is Reader in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World at King's College London, UK. His previous publications include A History of Islam in Indonesia (2017) and Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (2013).