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Title Sceptics of Islam : revisionist religion, agnosticism and disbelief in the modern Arab world / edited by Ralph M. Coury.

Publication Info. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Library of modern Middle East studies ; 178
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 178.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Arab debates about the critical relationship between religion and modernity began in the early nineteenth century. Such debates are now integral to the struggle for power between a variety of political groups and their opponents, and are vital to understanding the modern Middle East. This unique volume introduces the writings of the Muslim and Arab Christian revisionist 'free-thinkers' who have tried to redefine the relationship. It challenges the deeply entrenched idea that the contemporary Islamic world has been impermeable to a critique of religious ideas and practices. Authors from the nineteenth century to the present are included. Some are avowed believers, even if they adopt positions many might regard as heretical; others are openly agnostic and atheistic. Despite their differences, all have been united in disputing the fundamentalist idea that life should conform to a system of values and law based on the Quran. They have also rejected the religious 'liberalism' that has been the chief opposition to traditionalism. The book's originality lies in its evaluation of the social and cultural impact of these radical thinkers.
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Subject Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Qurʼan.
Qurʼan.
Religious thought -- Arab countries -- 19th century.
Religious thought.
Arab countries.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Religious thought -- Arab countries -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Islam -- Controversial literature.
Islam -- Controversial literature.
Middle East -- Religion.
Middle East.
Religion.
Religion and civilization.
Religion and civilization.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Controversial literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Coury, Ralph M., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Coury, Ralph M. Sceptics of Islam. Revisionist religion, agnosticism and disbelief in the modern arab world. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2016 9781784533373 (OCoLC)930797650
ISBN 9781786723628 (electronic book)
178672362X (electronic book)
9781786733627
1786733625
9781784533373
1784533378