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Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty / Mustafa Akyol.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2011. Description: 352 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780393070866 (hardcover)
  • 0393070867 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP173.6  .A42 2011
Contents:
The beginnings. A light unto tribes -- The enlightenment of the Orient -- The medieval war of ideas (I) -- The medieval war of ideas (II) -- The desert beneath the iceberg -- The modern era. The Ottoman revival -- Romans, Herodians, and Zealots -- The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism -- Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state -- Freedom to sin -- Freedom from Islam.
Summary: From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.
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Joshua & Timothy School of Theology Library (JTSOT) General Circulation Non-fiction BP173.6 .A42 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 069404
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-329) and index.

The beginnings. A light unto tribes -- The enlightenment of the Orient -- The medieval war of ideas (I) -- The medieval war of ideas (II) -- The desert beneath the iceberg -- The modern era. The Ottoman revival -- Romans, Herodians, and Zealots -- The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism -- Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state -- Freedom to sin -- Freedom from Islam.

From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.

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