Religion as critique : Islamic critical thinking from Mecca to the marketplace

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Religion as critique : Islamic critical thinking from Mecca to the marketplace

Title remainder

Islamic critical thinking from Mecca to the marketplace

Statement of responsibility

Irfan Ahmad

Creator

• Ahmad, Irfan, 1974-

Subject

• Criticism
• Faith and reason -- Islam
• Critical thinking
• Reasoning
• Islamic philosophy

Language

eng

Summary

"Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam--indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices. Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing in large part on South Asian traditions. Ahmad contemplates and interrogates Greek and Enlightenment notions of reason and critique, and he notes how they are invoked in relation to "others," including Muslims. Drafting an alternative genealogy of critique in Islam, Ahmad reads religious teachings and texts, drawing on sources in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and English, and demonstrates how they serve as expressions of critique. Throughout, he depicts Islam as an agent, not an object, of critique."--

Member of

• Islamic civilization & Muslim networks

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Islamic civilization and Muslim networks