Islam and Democracy
(Gebundene Ausgabe)
Law, Gender and the West
- wbg Academic in der Verlag Herder GmbH
- 1. Auflage 2022
- Gebunden
- 252 Seiten
- ISBN: 978-3-534-40651-7
- Bestellnummer: P3406519
This volume breaks new ground by seeking to identify and focus on the challenges faced by any attempt to integrate democratic principles within the broad framework of Islamic thought and practice. It does so by harnessing the views of seventeen distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines who not only provide their own perspectives, but actively engage with the views of other contributors, thus producing arguments and synergies which are both erudite and convincing.
The volume’s first section ‘Islam and Democracy’ tackles head on the often-contested assertion that Islam is incompatible with democracy, because political authority in Islamic societies derives its legitimacy from scriptural not secular injunctions. This is followed by a discussion of the often-contentious issue of ‘Islam and Sharia Law’ leading into the examination of the vexed issue of ‘Islam and the West.’ Finally, the volume fosters the underdeveloped, but blatant question of womanhood and ‘gender within Islam.’
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Dr. Thies Münchow is a Research Associate at Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany. His main fields of research cover philosophical and political theology, ethics, and philosophy of science.
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Zeina Barakat, a Jerusalem-born Palestinian scholar, Dr. phil. (University of Jena 2017), is a Post-doc and lecturer at Europa-University Flensburg and since 2019 a Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute in the University of Cambridge.
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Professor Ralf Karolus Wüstenberg is Chair of Protestant Theology specializing in Systematic and Historical Theology at the European University of Flensburg (EUF) and Director of the European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution; he is also a Visiting fellow at the Universities of Cambridge (St Edmund’s College) and Stellenbosch (Theological Faculty), in 2002–2003 he was a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary, New York City and from 2005–2009 Guest professor at Freie Universität Berlin. Dr. Wüstenberg also conducted research on political Reconciliation in South Africa between 1996 and 1999 (University of Cape Town). He is the author and editor of 26 titles in German, English and Portuguese language, including introductions to theology and Christology; on current topics such as the political dimension of reconciliation or the dialogue with Islam, and on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology and ethics.