Research Catalog

Title

Islam, context, pluralism and democracy : classical and modern interpretations / Yaser Ellethy.

Author

Ellethy, Yaser.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

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Description

xiv, 339 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

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 traditionThis 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 tradition offers a diversity of ideas and approaches that can be utilized in contemporary debates concerning the socio-political contextualization of Islamic genuine thought. Based on the analysis of core Islamic texts and key-terms related to the discussed issues, mainly from the Quran and the Sunnah, and the broader Arabic-Islamic literature, it explores the boundaries of the mutable and constant in the Islamic worldview. Presenting classical Muslim interpretations and scholars as possible interlocutors in debates over the compatibility of Islam with challenges of modernity, this book is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates interested in Islamic Studies, Philosophy and Political Science"--
• "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 tradition offers a diversity of ideas and approaches that can be utilized in contemporary debates concerning the socio-political contextualization of Islamic genuine thought. Based on the analysis of core Islamic texts and key-terms related to the discussed issues, mainly from the Quran and the Sunnah, and the broader Arabic-Islamic literature, it explores the boundaries of the mutable and constant in the Islamic worldview. Presenting classical Muslim interpretations and scholars as possible interlocutors in debates over the compatibility of Islam with challenges of modernity, this book is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates interested in Islamic Studies, Philosophy and Political Science"--

Series Statement

Routledge Islamic studies series

Uniform Title

Routledge Islamic studies.

Subjects

• Cultural pluralism > Islamic countries
• Democracy > Islamic countries
• Islam and politics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-324) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The dilemma of a diachronic language -- Classical sources and interpretations about development : between tradition and renovation -- On pluralism -- On democracy -- Summary and conclusions.

Call Number

JFE 16-6145

ISBN

• 9781138800304
• 1138800309
• 9781315755533 (canceled/invalid)
• 131575553X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014010591

OCLC

873985486

Author

Ellethy, Yaser.

Title

Islam, context, pluralism and democracy : classical and modern interpretations / Yaser Ellethy.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge Islamic studies series

Routledge Islamic studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-324) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6145