Overview
- Only book covering the history of reformist Islam and dealing with a possibility of Islamic modernisation
- Explains the reasons why a reform in Islam became increasingly urgent after Arab Revolutions
- Introduces the history of religious reform in Islam that took place from the 12th to the 20th century
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations (PPCE, volume 11)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Classical Reformism: The Birth and Decline of a Paradigm
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Front Matter
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Perspectives for Today’s Islam
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Keywords
- Mohamed Arkoun
- Mohamad Abduh
- Perspectives of Actual Islam
- Muslim Reformism
- History of religious reform in Islam
- Traditional Islam
- Fundamentalist Islam
- Possibility of reforming Islam
- Theological-political renovation
- Openness of Islam towards other religions
- Re-spiritualisation of Islam
- Inter-religious dialogue
- History of religions
- Equality between women and men
About this book
This book examines the evolution of Islam in our modern world. The renowned Tunisian scholar Mohamed Haddad traces the history of the reformist movement and explains recent events related to the Islamic religion in Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities across the world. In scholarly terms, he evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of theological-political renovation, neo-reformism, legal reformism, mystical reformism, radical criticism, comprehensive history and new approaches within the study of Islam. The book brings to life the various historical, sociological, political and theological challenges and debates that have divided Muslims since the 19th century. The first two chapters address failed reforms in the past and introduce the reader to classical reformism and to Mohammed Abduh. Haddad ultimately proposes a non-confessional definition of religious reform, reinterpreting and adjusting a religious tradition to modern requirements. The second part of the book explores perspectives on contemporary Islam, the legacy of classical reformism and new paths forward. It suggests that the fundamentalism embodied in Wahhabism and Muslim Brotherhood has failed. Traditional Islam no longer attracts either youth or the elites. Mohamed Haddad shows how this paves the way for a new reformist departure that synthesizes modernism and core Islamic values.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Mohamed HADDAD is a Professor at the University of Carthage. Islamologue and Holder of PhD from the University of Sorbonne. Major specialist in Reformist Islam, author and translator of more than twenty books, engaged agent in the inter-religious dialogue.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muslim Reformism - A Critical History
Book Subtitle: Is Islamic Religious Reform Possible?
Authors: Mohamed Haddad
Series Title: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36774-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36773-2Published: 29 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36776-3Published: 28 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36774-9Published: 28 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2352-8370
Series E-ISSN: 2352-8389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 168
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: English rights only
Topics: Political Philosophy, History of Religion, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Sociology of Religion