New directions in Islamic thought :  exploring reform and Muslim tradition / 
edited by Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe. 
 - 1 online resource (284 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-256) and index. 
<br/><br/> Changeable and the Unchangeable --  changeable and the unchangeable /  "Hold(ing) fast by the best in the precepts" - The Qur'an and method /  Law and ethics in Islam - The role of the maqasid /  Human rights and intellectual Islam /  Challenge of Equality --  Classical fiqh,contemporary ethics and gender justice /  Timeless texts and modern morals - Challenges in Islamic sexual ethics /  Gender equality and Islamic law - The case of Morocco /  Historical and political dynamics of the "women and Islam" issue - The Turkish case /  Authority and Islamic Normativity --  Islamic authority /  theory of Islam, state and society /  call for a moratorium on corporal punishment - The debate in review /  Negotiating gender rights under religious law in Malaysia /  changing concepts of caliphate - Social construction of Shari'a and the question of ethics /  Dialogue on New Directions --  Can the State enforce Shari'a? - A discussion in Yogyakarta /  Abdolkarim Soroush --  Asma Barlas --  Mohammad Hashim Kamali --  Mohsen Kadivar --  Ziba Mir-Hosseini --  Kecia Ali --  Aicha El Hajjami --  Nazife Sisman --  Khaled Abou El Fadl --  Abdullahi A. An-Na'im --  Tariq Ramadan --  Zainah Anwar --  Muhammad Khalid Masud --  Kari Vogt /  Lena Larsen /  Christian Moe.  Pt. 1  1.  2.  3.  4.  Pt. 2  5.  6.  7.  8.  Pt. 3  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  Pt. 4  14. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857722331 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam and politics--21st century.<br/>Islam and state--History--21st century.<br/>Islamic law--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Islamic sociology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP173.25  / .N49 2009eb