Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity write by Aaron W. Hughes. This book was released on 2015. Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many scholars of Islam are interested in creating a liberal, inclusive, pluralistic, feminist, and modern version of the religion that they believe to be explicit in the pages of the Qur'ān, but missed by earlier interpreters. In so doing, they create "good" Islam and, in the process, seek to define what does and does not get to count as authentic. As the purveyors of what they now believe to be veritable Islam, they subsequently claim that rival presentations are bastardizations based either on Orientalism and Islamophobia (if one is a non-Muslim) or misogyny and homophobia (if one is a Muslim that disagrees with them). Instead of engaging in critical scholarship, they engage in a constructive and theological project that they deceive themselves into thinking is both analytical and empirical. This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with these apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship.
Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity
Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity write by Aaron W. Hughes. This book was released on 2015. Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many scholars of Islam are interested in creating a liberal, inclusive, pluralistic, feminist, and modern version of the religion that they believe to be explicit in the pages of the Qur'ān, but missed by earlier interpreters. In so doing, they create "good" Islam and, in the process, seek to define what does and does not get to count as authentic. As the purveyors of what they now believe to be veritable Islam, they subsequently claim that rival presentations are bastardizations based either on Orientalism and Islamophobia (if one is a non-Muslim) or misogyny and homophobia (if one is a Muslim that disagrees with them). Instead of engaging in critical scholarship, they engage in a constructive and theological project that they deceive themselves into thinking is both analytical and empirical. This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with these apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship.
The Failure of Political Islam
The Failure of Political Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Failure of Political Islam write by Olivier Roy. This book was released on 1994. The Failure of Political Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This powerful argument reassess radical Islam and the set of ideas and assumptions at its core. Olivier Roy offers a challenging and highly original view that no-one trying to understand Islamic fundamentalism can afford to overlook.
Populocracy
Populocracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Populocracy write by Catherine Fieschi. This book was released on 2019. Populocracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Catherine Fieschi examines why populism and populist parties have become a feature of our politics. Populism's appeal, she argues, needs to be understood as a response to the fundamental reshaping of our political, economic and social spheres through globalisation and the digital revolution"--
Contemporary Bioethics
Contemporary Bioethics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Bioethics write by Mohammed Ali Al-Bar. This book was released on 2015-05-27. Contemporary Bioethics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s special gifts to human beings, God’s revelation as given to the prophets is the supernatural source of divine guidance through which human communities have been guided at all times through history. The second part of the book concentrates on the objectives of Islamic religious practice – the maqa' sid – which include: Preservation of Faith, Preservation of Life, Preservation of Mind (intellect and reason), Preservation of Progeny (al-nasl) and Preservation of Property. Lastly, the third part of the book discusses selected topical issues, including abortion, assisted reproduction devices, genetics, organ transplantation, brain death and end-of-life aspects. For each topic, the current medical evidence is followed by a detailed discussion of the ethical issues involved.
