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Contemporary rationalist Islam in Turkey : the religious opposition to Sunni Revival / Gokhan Bacik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacik, Gökhan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Hermeneutics.
- Qurʼan.
- Hermeneutics.
- Hadith--Hermeneutics.
- Hadith.
- Islam--Turkey--21st century.
- Islam.
- Faith and reason--Islam.
- Faith and reason.
- Rationalism.
- Islamic philosophy--Turkey.
- Islamic philosophy.
- Turkey.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Political Context
- The sociology of Turkish Rationalists
- Defining Islamic Rationalism
- Explaining the Cases: Historicists and Universalists
- The Structure of the Book
- Chapter 1: The Fundamentals: Qur'an and Hadith
- The rationalists on Qur'an
- Historicists on the Nature of Qur'an
- Historicists Interpreting Qur'an
- Universalists on the Nature of Qur'an
- Universalists Interpreting Qur'an
- The rationalists on Hadith
- The Status of Traditions
- Criticizing the Hadith Literature
- The Debate on Methodology
- Chapter 2: Law: Demystifying Shari'a
- The Nature and the Status of Shari'a
- Cases: A Rationalist Interpretation of Shari'a
- Corporal Punishment
- Slavery
- Apostasy
- Jihad
- The Status and Rights of Women in Islam
- The Law of Inheritance Polygamy Divorce Marriage with non-Muslims Beating Women Women's Testimony Veiling
- Who is a good Muslim? A Moralistic Theory of Piety
- Shari'a in Practice: Comprehensive Sunnah
- Islam and Politics: Towards a Theory of Opposition
- Chapter 3: History: "De-Islamizing" Islamic History
- Turkish Rationalists on History and Causality
- Revisionism on the History of Qur'an
- Revisionism on Muhammad's Life
- Revisionism on the Early Islamic History
- Chapter 4: Politics and Society: What went wrong?
- The Mainstream Theory of Decay
- The Rise of Sunni Orthodoxy
- Al-Ghazali: The Triumph of Anti-Rationalism
- Ash'arism: The Paradigmatic Root
- Al-Shafi'i: "The Villain"
- The Umayyads: The Practical Distortion of Islam
- Sufism: Popularization of Anti-Rationalism
- Contemporary Islamic Social Movements: A False Theory of Revival
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780755636778
- 0755636775
- 0755636767
- 0755636759
- 9780755636761
- 9780755636754
- Publisher Number:
- 40030749142
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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