Contemporary Debates in Islam
Subtitle: An Anthology of Modernist and Fundamentalist Thought
Contributors: Mansoor Moaddel (Editor); Kamran Talattof (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780312215804
Subjects: Middle East - General; Religion - World Religions; Islamic fundamentalism; Islamic Theology; Philosophy; Religion; Islamic modernism; Islam - General; Religion / Islam; Essence, genius, nature; Religious; 20th century; Islam
First sentence: M. RENAN WANTED TO CLARIFY A POINT OF THE HISTORY of the Arabs that had remained unclear until now and to throw a living light on their past, a light that may be somewhat troubling for those who venerate these people, though one cannot say that he has usurped the place and rank that they formerly occupied in the world.