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Tags: Comparative Religions, Lang:en

Summary

Offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly 'golden age' of tradition from the past. The author suggests there has been a chain of thinkers from classical Islam to the twentieth century who share a common interest in ijtihad (or independent thinking). Drawing on past and present evidence, and using Christian tradition as a focus for contrast and comparison, the author highlights the seemingly paradoxical harmony between tradition and itjihad in Islam.The author draws on a variety of primary and secondary sources including contemporary newspaper and journal

Review

Promises to be a ground-breaking work … an important book that everyone interested in Islam in the modern world should know about.

(Dr David Thomas, Reader in Christianity and Islam, University of Birmingham)

This book will be useful for libraries interested in the comparative study of monotheism... Recommended.

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About the Author

Ian Richard Netton is Sharjah Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter