Dialectical Encounters

Contemporary Turkish Muslim Thought in Dialogue

Taraneh Wilkinson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2019
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4153-7 (ISBN)

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Discussions of Islam in Turkey are still heavily dominated by political considerations and the dualistic paradigms of modern v. traditional, secular v. religious. Yet there exists a body of Muslim institutions in the country – Turkish theology faculties – whose work overcomes ideological divisions. By engaging with Turkish theology in its theological rather than political concerns, this book sheds light on complex Muslim voices in the context of a largely Western and Christian modernity.
Featuring the work of Recep Alpyağıl and Şaban Ali Düzgün, this innovative study provides a concise survey of Turkish Muslim positions on religious pluralism and atheism as well as detailed treatments of both critical and appreciative Turkish Muslim perspectives on Western Christianity. The result is a critical reframing of the category of modernity through the responses of Turkish theologians to the Western intellectual tradition.

Taraneh R. Wilkinson obtained her Ph.D. in Religious Pluralism at Georgetown University. She is continuing her work on comparative aspects of Muslim and Christian thought as an international postdoctoral fellow at FSCIRE in Bologna, Italy. Her work addresses comparative aspects of Muslim and Christian thought and she has published articles in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences and Journal of Ecumenical Studies.

Part I: Introduction

1. Introduction: Turkish Muslim "Theology" and Religion in Turkey

2. Roots and Authorities: Resituating Revisionist and Ankara Paradigms in Light of Other Authorities

Part II: The Individual and Authority in Dialectical Continuity

3. Alpyağıl’s Case for Canon

4. Inclusions and the Role of the Individual

Part III: A Theological Anthropology of Empowerment

5. Düzgün’s Case for a Religion of Freedom

6. Human Agency, Responsibility, and Ta wḥīd

Part IV: Conclusions

7. From Dialectics to Direct Address: Turkish Theologians on Atheism and Other Religions

8. Conclusion: Reflections on Turkish Islam, Modernity, and Dialogue

Bibliography, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2019
Zusatzinfo	4 black and white illustrations, 3 black and white tables
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	564 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	1-4744-4153-X / 147444153X
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-4153-7 / 9781474441537
Zustand	Neuware