Muslim ethics and modernity : a comparative study of the ethical thought of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Mawlana Mawdudi / Sheila McDonough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonough, Sheila.

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Comparative ethics series ; 1.

Comparative ethics series = Collection d'ethique comparee ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aḥmad K̲h̲ān̲, Sayyid, Sir, 1817-1898--Ethics.

Aḥmad K̲h̲ān̲, Sayyid.

Maudoodi, Syed Abul ʻAla, 1903-1979--Ethics.

Maudoodi, Syed Abul ʻAla.

Islamic ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of modern Muslim ethics, focused upon the lives and writings of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Mawlana Mawdudi, this book sheds light upon the modern ethical problems of contemporary Islam. Sayyid Ahmad Khan, often called a liberal, a modernist, or an acculturationist, represents the "liberal" trend of Sunni Muslim ethics. Khan's approach borrows much from reason, but, for Khan, reason and revelation are not in conflict. Reason guides the interpretation of Islam when revelation is insufficient. In contrast, Mawlana Mawdudi's fundamentalism is, at least in part, anti-rational; it depends upon revelation (as it comes to one man in particular) and is very autocratic. McDonough is concerned with Khan and Mawdudi, both writers within the Indo-Pakistan Muslim tradition. Their conflicting views, their differing interpretations of ethics that suit Islam in the contemporary world, exemplify the difficulties and turmoil faced by Muslims the world over. For these men, modernity has not spelled the end of Islam; yet each has found a different way of relating Islam to the present and the future in faithfulness to traditional Islam. This book will be of interest to students of contemporary Islam, as well as to those interested in questions of comparative ethics, for the liberal/fundamentalist conflicts outlined in this monograph are analogous to manifestations of the same dichotomy in all world religions.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898): Islamic Rationalist

Abul Ala Mawdudi (1903-1979) : Islamic Fundamentalist

Conclusion

Notes

Index

SR Supplements

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613810250

9781282187344

1282187341

9780889207028

088920702X

OCLC:

243569657