Tradition and Modernity
Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Published on 20. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-58901-949-2 (ISBN)
Description
Tradition and Modernity focuses on how Christians and Muslims connect their traditions to modernity, looking especially at understandings of history, changing patterns of authority, and approaches to freedom. The volume includes a selection of relevant texts from 19th- and 20th-century thinkers, from John Henry Newman to Tariq Ramadan, accompanied by illuminating commentaries.
Reviews / Votes
This book engages not only scholars, but also all believers who care about the future of humanity and the role religion has in contributing to a better coexistence and cooperation between different cultures and ideologies. Islamochristiana Indispensable reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Christianity and Islam. Church TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58901-949-2 (9781589019492)
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05/2013
Georgetown University Press
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Persons
The Reverend Dr. David Marshall is the academic director of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Building Bridges seminar and a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.
Content
Introduction David Marshall Part I: Surveys 1. Tradition and History in Islam: Primitivism in Islamic Thought and ScriptureVincent J. Cornell 2. TraditionJanet Soskice3. Religious Authority and the Challenges of ModernityPhilip Jenkins4. Between Traditional and New Forms of Authority in Modern IslamRecep enturk5. Freedoms of Speech and Religion in the Islamic ContextAbdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im6. Christianity, Modernity, and FreedomDavid Bentley Hart Part II: Christian and Muslim Thinkers on Tradition and Modernity7. John Henry Newman (1801-90)TextsNewman on Revelation, Hermeneutics, and ConscienceStephen M. Fields8. Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905)TextsMuhammad 'Abduh: A Sufi-Inspired Modernist?Vincent J. Cornell9. Sayyid Abu l-A'la' Mawdudi (1903-79)TextsMawdudi and the Challenges of ModernityAbdullah Saeed10. Lesslie Newbigin (1909-98)TextsNewbigin and the Critique of ModernityPaul Weston11. Alasdair MacIntyre (1929- )TextMacIntyre on TraditionJohn Milbank12. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933- )TextsSeyyed Hossein Nasr on Tradition and ModernityJoseph E. B. Lumbard13. Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza (1938- )TextsElisabeth Schussler Fiorenza: A Christian Feminist Responds to Betrayals of the TraditionLucy Gardner14. Tariq Ramadan (1962- )TextsTariq Ramadan's Tryst with Modernity: Toward a European Muslim TraditionSajjad Rizvi Afterword Rowan Williams Index