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ISLAM AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY
₨ 4,564The events of September 11th and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. Such topics as the meaning of jihad, the role of clerics as authoritative interpreters, and the place of human rights and toleration in Islam have become subjects of urgent public debate around the world. With few exceptions, however, this debate has proceeded in isolation from the vibrant traditions of argument within Islamic theology, philosophy, and law.
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy seek to correct this deficiency. The book engages the reader in a rich discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. The collection begins with a lead essay by Khaled Abou El Fadl, who argues that democracy, especially a constitutional democracy that protects basic individual rights, is the form of government best suited to promoting a set of social and political values central to Islam. Because Islam is about submission to God and about each individual’s responsibility to serve as His agent on Earth, Abou El Fadl argues, there is no place for the subjugation to human authority demanded by authoritarian regimes. The lead essay is followed by eleven others from internationally respected specialists in democracy and religion. They address, challenge, and engage Abou El Fadl’s work.
ISBN: 0691119384
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THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
₨ 4,311F. E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers—at a time when the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency.
Peters traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C. when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the middle Ages when they approached their present form. The book’s text is direct and accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three religions. Updated footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this stunning and timely new edition of The Children of Abraham.
ISBN: 0691127697
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CALIPHS AND SULTANS
₨ 1,523This book studies the parameters of Islamic political practice. It examines the emergence of Islam as a conjoint religio-political world view, wherein the establishment of an Islamic state is considered as important for salvific purposes as the performance of prayer and pilgrimage.
ISBN: 8129104008
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ISLAM & THE WEST POST 9/11
₨ 5,549This book offers a chance for greater understanding of the political and religious groups in Islam that have contributed to events pre and post September 11th, and clearer insights into Muslim/Christian relations today. Many books have focused on the events of September 11th but have been primarily journalistic. This book draws together both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who have been studying Christian/Muslim relations for many years. They assess the impact of 9/Il on Islam phobia and antipathy towards Muslims. Providing insights into various multi-cultural communities whose relations with Islam have been affected, the authors look particularly at regions where there are large minority Muslim communities (US and UK) and large minority non-Muslim communities (Indonesia and Nigeria).
Assessing a number of issues impacting upon the teaching of Islam, this book allows readers to assess the consequences of the event and develop a more critical understanding of its implications.
ISBN: 0754650057
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THE CASE FOR ISLAMO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION
₨ 4,821BICKANO W. BULLIET LOOKS BEYOND RHETORIC TO CHALLENGE prevailing—and misleading views of Islamic history and the idea of a “clash of civilizations.” Offering a fresh perspective on the shared histories of Islamic and Christian societies, Bulliet provides the intellectual groundwork upon which to build a better Understanding between the West and the Muslim world.
Throughout their early histories, Christianity and Islam went through many of the same developmental stages and confronted many of the same internal challenges. Yet as Christianity grew rich and powerful and less central to everyday life, Islam found success around the globe hut fell behind in wealth and power. Modernization in the nineteenth century brought in secular forces that marginalized religion in political and public life. In the Middle East this gave rise to the tyrannical governments have dominated the region. Yet beginning in the 1950S and continuing to this day, U.S. policymakehave misread the Muslims world. Instead of focusing on the growing discontent with unpopular regimes, many American poi itiei4s have seen only a forum for liberal democratic reforms within those governments.
ISBN: 0231127979
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS -
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A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY – THIRD EDITION
₨ 1,995A history of Islamic Philosophy by Majid Fakhry is the first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present. It traces the development of Islamic philosophy and its impact on various aspects of Muslim cultural life. The book shows how, as the Islamic world began to confront foreign cultures, scholastic theology, known in Arabic as Kalam, arose as a direct by product of interaction with Greek and Christian philosophy. Mysticism (Arabic Sufism) in both its extravagant form, as conditioned by Hindu thought, or its indigenous moderate form, is discussed at length.
The book examines the rise of pan-Islamism in modern times and the many currents it has generated, including secularism and fundamentalism, which are still pitted against each other throughout the Muslim world. It also considers the way in which Islamic philosophy assimilated and expanded the Greek philosophical legacy, which eventually found its way to Western Europe after centuries of near-total oblivion.
This third revised edition, which includes masterful translations of texts never before available in English, has been updated and expanded to reflect current events and recent Islamic scholarship.
ISBN: 0231132212
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS₨ 7,502 -
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JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM IN ISRAEL
₨ 995In this controversial work, acclaimed Israeli writer and human rights campaigner Israel Shahak, and American scholar Norton Mezvinsky, examine the history and consequences of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
ISBN: 0745320902
Publisher: PLUTO PRESS -
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RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
₨ 3,063Using a variety of methodological approaches, this timely book offers a thorough examination of the impact and implications of religious fundamentalism in developing nations. The authors explore why and how adherence to fundamentalist principles affects the social, political, and religious development of such countries as Israel, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, and the Philippines. In addition, they challenge the idea that fundamentalism of this sort is based only on religious beliefs by asserting that it has supra-political motivations as well.
ISBN: 0313311552
Publisher: GREENWOOD PRESS -
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JEWS, MUSLIMS AND MASS MEDIA
₨ 18,512This book looks at the ways in which Jews, Muslims and the conflict between them has been covered in the modern media. Both Jews and Muslims generally receive ‘bad press’. This book will try to reveal why. The media have clearly played a pro-active role in the Middle East conflict, the coverage of which is obscured by the contrasting images of Jew and Muslim in western thought.
ISBN: 0415318394
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE -
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GOD HERE AND NOW
₨ 515Karl Barth was, without doubt, one of the most significant religious thinkers of modern times. His radical affirmation of the revealed truth of Christianity changed the course of Christian theology in the 20th century and is a source of inspiration for countless believers.
ISBN: 0415304474
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE -
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KUNDALINI
₨ 145This is an extraordinary autobiographical account of what happens in the mind and body when Kundalini gets spontaneously aroused. Pandit Gopi Krishna’s graphic account of his experiences stands out as one of the clearest journals documenting spiritual transformation and mental evolution into a higher plane of consciousness. He is honest in describing the difficulties and dangers of the spiritual path and the intense pressure it can exert on the physical body.
ISBN: 8122201504
Publisher: ORIENT PAPERBACK₨ 262 -
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HOW THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION CAME TO THE WEST
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ISBN: 0691092702
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