New directions in Islamic thought: exploring reform and Muslim tradition

New directions in Islamic thought: exploring reform and Muslim tradition

Vogt, Kari, editor
Larsen, Lena, editor
Moe, Christian, editor

London

New York: I.B. Tauris, 2009.

United Kingdom: London

276 p.

English

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Credits -- A note on transliteration -- Introduction / Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe -- Pt. 1. The changeable and the unchangeable -- 1. The changeable and the unchangeable / Abdolkarim Soroush -- 2. 'Hold(ing) fast by the best in the precepts' - the Qur'an and method / Asma Barlas -- 3. Law and ethics in Islam - the role of the maqasid / Mohammad Hashim Kamali -- 4. Human rights and intellectual Islam / Mohsen Kadivar -- Pt. 2. The challenge of equality -- 5. Classical fiqh, contemporary ethics and gender justice / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- 6. Timeless texts and modern morals - challenges in Islamic sexual ethics / Kecia Ali -- 7. Gender equality and Islamic law - the case of Morocco / Aicha El Hajjami -- 8. Historical and political dynamics of the 'women and Islam' issue - the Turkish case / Nazife Sisman -- Pt. 3. Authority and Islamic normativity -- 9. Islamic authority / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- 10. A theory of Islam, state and society / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im -- 11. A call for a moratorium on corporal punishment: the debate in review / Tariq Ramadan -- 12. Negotiating gender rights under religious law in Malaysia / Zainah Anwar -- 13. The changing concepts of Caliphate - social construction of Shari'a and the question of ethics / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- Pt. 4. Dialogue on new directions -- 14. Can the state enforce Shari'a? - a discussion in Yogyakarta / Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen, and Christian Moe -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index

BP173.25 .N49 2009

9781845117399