Islam's Predicament with Modernity: Religious Reform and Cultural Change

by Bassam Tibi

Book Overview

Islam's Predicament with Modernity presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved.

Looking at the issue of modernity from an Islamic point of view, the author examines the role of culture and religion in Muslim society under conditions of globalisation, and analyses issues such as law, knowledge and human rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415484723
• ISBN13: 9780415484725
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"