The Islamic Secular - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197661789ISBN-10:197661785UPC:9780197661789Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Islam, Religion, Politics & StateSize:8.90 x 6.50 x 2.80 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCCPP5EJAX
The Islamic Secular
The basic point of the secular in the modern West is to "liberate" certain pursuits--the state, the economy, science--from the authority of religion. This is also assumed to be the goal and meaning of "secular" in Islam. Sherman Jackson argues, however, that that assumption is wrong. In Islam the "secular" was neither outside "religion" nor a rival to it. "Religion," in Islam was not identical to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197661789ISBN-10:197661785UPC:9780197661789Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Islam, Religion, Politics & StateSize:8.90 x 6.50 x 2.80 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCCPP5EJAX
Sherman A. Jackson is King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Prior to that, he spent many years at the University of Michigan's Department of Middle East Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihab al-Din...
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