TY - BOOK AU - Larsen,Lena AU - Moe,Christian AU - Vogt,Kari TI - New directions in Islamic thought: exploring reform and Muslim tradition SN - 9780857722331 (ebook) AV - BP173.25 .N49 2009eb PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Islam and politics KW - 21st century KW - Islam and state KW - History KW - Islamic law KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Islamic sociology KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-256) and index; Pt. 1; Changeable and the Unchangeable --; 1; changeable and the unchangeable; Abdolkarim Soroush --; 2; "Hold(ing) fast by the best in the precepts" - The Qur'an and method; Asma Barlas --; 3; Law and ethics in Islam - The role of the maqasid; Mohammad Hashim Kamali --; 4; Human rights and intellectual Islam; Mohsen Kadivar --; Pt. 2; Challenge of Equality --; 5; Classical fiqh,contemporary ethics and gender justice; Ziba Mir-Hosseini --; 6; Timeless texts and modern morals - Challenges in Islamic sexual ethics; Kecia Ali --; 7; Gender equality and Islamic law - The case of Morocco; Aicha El Hajjami --; 8; Historical and political dynamics of the "women and Islam" issue - The Turkish case; Nazife Sisman --; Pt. 3; Authority and Islamic Normativity --; 9; Islamic authority; Khaled Abou El Fadl --; 10; theory of Islam, state and society; Abdullahi A. An-Na'im --; 11; call for a moratorium on corporal punishment - The debate in review; Tariq Ramadan --; 12; Negotiating gender rights under religious law in Malaysia; Zainah Anwar --; 13; changing concepts of caliphate - Social construction of Shari'a and the question of ethics; Muhammad Khalid Masud --; Pt. 4; Dialogue on New Directions --; 14; Can the State enforce Shari'a? - A discussion in Yogyakarta; Kari Vogt; Lena Larsen; Christian Moe UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10811614 ER -