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Author:

Kassim, Husain, 1939-

Title:

Legitimizing modernity in Islam : Muslim modus vivendi and Western modernity / Husain Kassim.

Publisher:

Edwin Mellen Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

iii, 176 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Islamic modernism.
Islam and secularism.
Islam and civil society.
Islam--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index.

Contents:

Concept of knowledge in Western modernity and the Muslim modus vivendi -- Sharīʼa law, modernity and secularization in the Muslim modus vivendi -- Jihad and just war -- Democracy : the concept of freedom and equality in Western modernity and the concept of obedience and justice in the Muslim modus vivendi -- Human rights in the Muslim modus vivendi and the Western modernity -- Traditionalism, modernism and secularism in the Muslim modus vivendi -- Gender relations in the Muslim modus vivendi and Western modernity -- Western versus Islamic institutions of banking, finance and their operations -- Individual and societal individual in Western modernity and the Muslim modus vivendi -- Ethical discourse in Western modernity and the Muslim modus vivendi.

Series:

Studies in religion and society ; v. 69

ISBN:

9780773462359
077346235X

LCCN:

2004062594

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)