1. Islam & Modernisasi

Indeks : Index ; Bibliography ; Islam and modernity brings together the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers. It exposes an important intellectual current in Islamic thought, which will be new to many Western readers. Responding to the challenges brought by the post-colonial situation, this current proposes new conceptions and interpretations of Islam. Although the concerns and emphases vary, the thinkers presented here share certain ideas and methods in their approaches to the issue of religion and modernity: a reconsideration of the relation between religion and politics; a reinterpretation of sacred sources which highlihgts their more universalistic elements and a conception of Islam as moving with historical change whilst remaining rooted in Qur'anic values. Together, these add up to a shared assumption that Islam must grapple with the complexities of modernity and contains certain intrinsic features, which, if properly used and understood, might enable it to forge its own unique form of religious modernity. Disputing the widespread view of modern Islam as essentially political, Islam and modernity shows a quite different face of the tradition.