Islam : global issues, challenges and perspectives of the 21st century / Doreen Peters, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peters, Doreen, editor.

Series:

Religion and spirituality series.

Religion and spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

This book reviews global issues, challenges and perspectives of the 21st century. Chapter One focuses on recent history and contemporary political issues to explain the ongoing conflicts in Iraq. Chapter Two aims to find out the answers on how Islamic economics system will shape the future global economy. Chapter Three discusses Islam and essentialism. Chapter Four focuses on challenges and perspectives of teaching Muslim religious education in the 21st century. Chapter Five explores how Muslims have themselves become a burden to the religion of Islam in the 21st century as a result of their intransigent on issues and the belief that the only way to be a Muslim is to live in the 7th century of the earlier period of Islam.

Contents:

Politics or Piety? problematising the Sunni-Shi'a Schism in Iraq / Damian Doyle and Tristan Dunning

Between free market and state capitalism: how Islamic economics system shape the future global economy? / Abdul Ghafar Ismail

Islam and essentialism: a critical examination of Dabashi's use of Vattimo's Il Pensiero Debole / Matthew Edward Harris

Challenges and perspectives of teaching Muslim religious education in the 21st Century / Adil Mamodaly

Some perspectives on the challenges of Muslims and Islam in the 21st Century / Musa Yusuf Owoyemi.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-667-8