Islamic modernity and the challenges for secular liberalism
In his recent book Islam Evolving: Radicalism, Reformation, and the Uneasy Relationship with the Secular West, Taner Edis discusses Islamic responses to the modern world and how the West deals and should deal with them. He argues convincingly that the biggest threat to secular liberalism is not fund...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Zygon
Jahr: 2018, Band: 53, Heft: 1, Seiten: 274-287 |
| Rezension von: | Islam evolving (Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2016) (Blancke, Stefaan) |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Islam
/ Moderne
/ Säkularismus
/ Liberalismus
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus BJ Islam |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
secular liberalism
B Rezension B Islam B Modernity B Science and religion B Religion B Accommodation B norms and values |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In his recent book Islam Evolving: Radicalism, Reformation, and the Uneasy Relationship with the Secular West, Taner Edis discusses Islamic responses to the modern world and how the West deals and should deal with them. He argues convincingly that the biggest threat to secular liberalism is not fundamentalism but an Islamic form of modernity. He attributes some of the latter's success to Western neoliberalism and to the failure of secular liberals to come up with persuasive arguments. He thus puts part of the blame on the West. However, although self-criticism is an essential aspect of a well-functioning democracy, we should not take it too far. Instead, there exist convincing reasons why a secular liberal society is strongly preferable to a religious conservative one. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12394 |