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Offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly 'golden age' of tradition from the past. In comparing the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity, key themes are explored: * The roles of authority * Fundamentalism * The use of reason * Ijtihad (independent thinking) * Original comparisons between Islamic Salafism and Christian Lefebvrism The author suggests there has been a chain of thinkers from classical Islam to the twentieth century who share a common interest in ijtihad (or independent thinking). Drawing on past and present evidence, and using Christian tradition as a focus for contrast and comparison, the author highlights the seemingly paradoxical harmony between tradition and itjihad in Islam. The author draws on a variety of primary and secondary sources including contemporary newspaper and journal articles, documents and letters, adding an immediacy to a lucid and stimulating text. Key Features * Proposes a new vocabulary for the articulation of Islam * Offers original comparisons between Salafism and Lefebvrism * Highlights the paradoxical harmony between tradition and itjihad in Islam * Articulates the yearning amongst today's Muslim and Christian traditionalists for a revival of a 'golden age' from whence, they believe, all good traditions derive

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Book category Książki po angielsku Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Islam, Christianity and Tradition
• Subtitle: A Comparative Exploration
• Author: Ian Richard Netton
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9780748623914
• ISBN: 0748623914
• ID: 04674146
• Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Weight: 524 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 156 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. December 2006

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