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1 - Global Shifts and the Rise of Islamic Rationalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2019

Masooda Bano
Masooda Bano
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University of Oxford
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This chapter introduces the main scholars and institutions leading the movement for revival of Islamic rationalism. It presents evidence of their growing popularity among young educated Muslims in the West and also among Muslims from upper income groups in the Muslim majority countries. It introduces the conceptual framework outlining the importance of elites’ involvement in knowledge production. It shows how this movement's ability to bring young educated Muslims to the serious study of Islamic texts holds promise for revival of creative energy within the Islamic scholarly tradition.

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Islam in the westnew Islamic revival movementselites and knowledge creation
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The Revival of Islamic Rationalism
Logic, Metaphysics and Mysticism in Modern Muslim Societies
 , pp. 1 - 48
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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