| Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush Contributor(s): Soroush, Abdolkarim (Author), Sadri, Mahmoud (Editor), Sadri, Mahmoud (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0195158202 ISBN-13: 9780195158205 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $60.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading moderate revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. He and his contemporaries in other Muslim countries are shaping what may become Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation: a period of questioning traditional practices and beliefs and, ultimately, of upheaval. Presenting eleven of his essays, this volume makes Soroush's thought readily available in English for the first time. The essays set forth his views on such matters as the freedom of Muslims to interpret the Qur'an, the inevitability of change in religion, the necessity of freedom of belief, and the compatibility of Islam and democracy. Throughout, Soroush emphasizes the rights of individuals in their relationship with both government and God, explaining that the ideal Islamic state can only be defined by the beliefs and will of the majority. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297.272 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.36" W x 9.46" (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading moderate revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. He and his contemporaries in other Muslim countries are shaping what may become Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation: a period of questioning traditional practices and beliefs and, ultimately, of upheaval. Presenting eleven of his essays, this volume makes Soroush's thought readily available in English for the first time. The essays set forth his views on such matters as the freedom of Muslims to interpret the Qur'an, the inevitability of change in religion, the necessity of freedom of belief, and the compatibility of Islam and democracy. Throughout, Soroush emphasizes the rights of individuals in their relationship with both government and God, explaining that the ideal Islamic state can only be defined by the beliefs and will of the majority. |