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A Faith for All Seasons: Islam and the Challenge of the Modern World
Contributor(s): Akhtar, Shabbir (Author)

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 ISBN: 0929587634     ISBN-13: 9780929587639
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
OUR PRICE: $19.90  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 1991
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Annotation: "An intelligent, erudite argument in which Mr. Akhtar (whose writings won the praise of Graham Greene and other British authors) challenges his fellow Muslims to bring their faith into the modern world. In the process he offers a clear and concise explanation of Islam's basic religious tenets."

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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Islam - General
- History | Europe - General
- History | World - General
Dewey: 297
LCCN: 90-24786
Series: And Behavioral Science
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.17" W x 9.25" L (0.87 lbs) 267 pages
 
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This is an unusual book with an unusual purpose. Shabbir Akhtar is an intelligent and erudite Muslim whose writings have attracted the attention of Graham Greene and other English authors. In A Faith for All Seasons he challenges his fellow Muslims to recognize that they live in a secular world of religious pluralism; that they must demonstrate to their critics that Islam is a progressive and responsive faith. In the course of arguing for a more congenial encounter with the modern world, Mr. Akhtar offers a remarkably clear and concise explanation of Islam's basic religious tenets. He discusses its rivalry with Christianity, Marxism, and secular liberalism as ideologies that also claim the allegiance of modern man. Censuring his co-religionists for the current intellectual paralysis in Islamic circles, he shows how believers can cultivate a reverent yet penetrating skepticism which teaches the ignorant, disturbs the orthodox, and agitates the indifferent.
 
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