Reasoning with God : reclaiming Shari'ah in the modern age /

In Reasoning with God renowned Islamic scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl explores the role of Shari'ah in today's world, for both Muslims and non-Muslims. After a prologue that explains Shari'ah in depth, Abou El Fadl wrestles with the moral trajectory of contemporary Islam and highlights t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abou El Fadl, Khaled, 1963- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=885908
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Author's Note
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • An Introduction to Shari'ah
  • The Islamic Dream and the Chaos of the Modern Condition
  • Genesis: Negotiating the Muslim and the Islamic
  • Awakening: Reasonableness and Islam
  • Crisis: Making Sense of Shari'ah Today
  • Repose: The Islamic between Harmony and Dissonance
  • The Culture of Ugliness and the Plight of Modern Islam
  • Faulty Paradigms in Constructing the Islamic
  • Beyond Islamophobia
  • God the Universal
  • What Really Went Wrong
  • God, Shari'ah, and Beauty
  • Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age
  • Shari'ah as Reasoning with God
  • Beyond a Reasonable Shari'ah
  • The Caliphate of Humanity
  • Concluding the Journey
  • Notes
  • Index.