Christian criticisms, Islamic proofs : Rashīd Riḍā's modernist defense of Islam
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Christian criticisms, Islamic proofs : Rashīd Riḍā's modernist defense of Islam
Oneworld, 2008
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Shubuhāt al-naṣārá wa ḥujaj al-Islām
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"Chapters one through four provide a background for the translation, setting the work in its historic and thematic context ... The rest of the book is a complete English translation of Riḍā's book"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index
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Description
Muhammad Rashid Rid is among the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern period and yet, until now, his writings on Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English. In this flagship English edition, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by translating and analysing one of his most important works, "The Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam". Responding to arguments made around the turn of the twentieth century that Islam was 'irrational' or 'inferior to Christianity' and that the unification of religious and political power was a 'barrier to progress', Rid sought to defend Islam and often charged Christianity with its own brand of irrationality. Wood analyses these arguments and contends that Rid's work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated. He also revises the view that Rid was a fundamentalist and argues that his response to Christian criticisms was distinctly modernist.
Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Note On Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1. Muslim Interpretations Of Christianity
- 2. Muhammad Rashid Rida And His Environment
- 3. Rida's View Of Christianity In The Criticisms Of The Christians And The Arguments Of Islam
- 4. Rashid Rida And The Origins Of Islamic Fundamentalism
- 5. A Translation Of The Criticisms Of The Christians And The Arguments Of Islam
- Bibliography
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