Title:
New thinking in Islam : the jihad for democracy, freedom and women's rights / Katajun Amirpur ; translated from the German by Eric Ormsby.
Author:
Amirpur, Katajun, 1971- author.
Publication Information:
London : Gingko Library, 2015.
Call Number:
BP171.5 .A5613 2015
Abstract:
Argues that the Western impression of Islam as a backward-looking faith is false, introducing influential reformers committed to democracy and human rights and the Islamic Newthinking movement.
Electronic Access:
Inhaltsverzeichnis http://d-nb.info/1075501490/04
ISBN:
9781909942738
Physical Description:
xvi, 220 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"In memory of Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid."
First published in German as Den Islam neu denken in 2013.
Contents:
On the way to the modern -- Islamic reformers today -- Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid : who's the heretic here?-- Fazlur Rahman : from the Qurʹan to life, and back again to the Qurʹan -- Amina Wadud : in the midst of the gender jihad -- Asma Barlas : as though only men were objective -- ʹAbdolkarim Soroush : more than ideology and state -- Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari : the Prophet reads the world -- The future of Islam.
Uniform Title:
Islam neu denken. English.
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