Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush - Hardcover

Soroush, Abdolkarim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195128125 ISBN 13: 9780195128123

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading moderate revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. He and his contemporaries in other Muslim countries are shaping what may become Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation: a period of questioning traditional practices and beliefs and, ultimately, of upheaval. Presenting eleven of his essays, this volume makes Soroush's thought readily available in English for the first time. The essays set forth his views on such matters as the freedom of Muslims to interpret the Qur'an, the inevitability of change in religion, the necessity of freedom of belief, and the compatibility of Islam and democracy. Throughout, Soroush emphasizes the rights of individuals in their relationship with both government and God, explaining that the ideal Islamic state can only be defined by the beliefs and will of the majority.

About this title

About the Author:

Mahmoud Sadri is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas Women's University.

Ahmad Sadri is Associate Professor of Sociology at Lake Forest College.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0195128125
• ISBN 13: 9780195128123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254