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Islam in a post-secular society : religion, secularity, and the antagonism of recalcitrant faith /

Byrd, Dustin.

Islam in a post-secular society : religion, secularity, and the antagonism of recalcitrant faith / by Dustin J. Byrd. - 1 online resource. - Studies in critical social sciences, v. 98 1573-4234 ; . - Studies in Critical Social Sciences 98. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2017-I, ISBN: 9789004328105. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Professing Islam in a Post-Secular Society / Adversity in Post-Secular Europe / Finding a Common Language / Witnessing and Professing in Prophetic and Positive Religions / After Auschwitz: Islam in Europe / Post-Secularity and Its Discontents: The Barbaric Revolt against Barbarism / The Globalized Post-Secular Society and the Future of Islam / Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd -- Dustin J. Byrd.

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Islam in the Post-Secular Society: Religion, Secularity and the Antagonism of Recalcitrant Faith critically examines the unique challenges facing Muslims in Europe and North America. From the philosophical perspective of the Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory, this book attempts not only to diagnose the current problems stemming from a marginalization of Islam in the secular West, but also to offer a proposal for a Habermasian discourse between the religious and the secular. By highlighting historical examples of Islamic and western rapprochement, and rejecting the ‘clash of civilization’ thesis, the author attempts to find a ‘common language’ between the religious and the secular, which can serve as a vehicle for a future reconciliation.

9789004328556

10.1163/9789004328556 DOI

2016041442


Islam and secularism--Western countries.
Frankfurt school of sociology.
Critical theory.
Islamic philosophy.


Western countries--Religion.

BP190.5.S35

297.09