Reform and its perils in contemporary Islam : the case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd /

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Author / Creator:	Oweidat, Nadia, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] ©2024
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid. Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Islamic renewal. Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Social change -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13504714

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ISBN:	9780197744123 No price
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 26, 2024).
Summary:	'Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam' offers an intellectual history and critical analysis of Abu Zayd's work. Abu Zayd believed there could be a positive relationship between modernity and Islam. He sought to reinterpret central aspects of the Islamic tradition to render them more conducive to modern conceptions of religion, society, and politics. Nadia Oweidat situates this prominent Muslim scholar both within his modernist intellectual milieu and in opposition to his numerous critics, elucidating and providing summary translations of Arabic texts that, until now, have remained largely unknown to Western audiences. Abu Zayd's fate, Oweidat argues, illustrates the hostility faced by modernist intellectuals who attempt to subject the Islamic tradition to academic scrutiny.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780197744093
Standard no.:	10.1093/oso/9780197744093.001.0001

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