Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2016, titled Shared questions, diverging answers : Muḥammad ʻAbduh and his interlocutors on 'religion' in a globalizing world. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
Contents:
Muhammad 'Abduh's world -- Conceptualizing 'religion' -- Risalat al-Tawhid in its context of conception: Beirut in the 1880s -- Comparing religions in Risalat al-Tawhid in the context of its conception -- Comparisons compared reflecting and producing a concept of 'religion' -- Hanotaux and 'Abduh. a layered context of discussion -- Comparing Islam and Christianity in reply to Hanotaux -- Comparisons compared: a play of similarity and difference.
Summary:
"In Muhammad 'Abduh and his Interlocutors: Conceptualizing Religion in a Globalizing World, Ammeke Kateman offers an account of Muhammad 'Abduh's Islamic Reformism in a context in which ideas increasingly crossed familiar geographical, religious and cultural frontiers. Presenting an alternative to the inadequate perspective of "Westernization", Kateman situates the ideas of Muhammad 'Abduh (Egypt, 1849-1905) on Islam and religion amongst those of his interlocutors within a global intellectual field. Ammeke Kateman's approach documents the surprising pluralism of 'Abduh's interlocutors, the diversity in their shared conceptualizations of religion and the creativity of 'Abduh's own interpretation. In this way, the conceptualizations of 'Abduh and his contemporaries also shed light on the diversified global genealogy of the modern concept of religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; volume 162
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