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OverviewNineteenth-century Istanbul was an intellectual hub of rich discussions about Islam, in which leading reformists had a significant role. Turkey today appears to be an intellectual vacuum to anyone searching for ongoing critical engagement with Islam. The main purpose of this book is to adjust this view of Turkey by showcasing the modern Turkish theologians who challenge mainstream Sunni interpretations of Islam. Labelling these theologians as ‘rationalist’ rather than ‘reformist’, the author reveals that their theology is inherently anti-establishment and thus a religiously-oriented challenge to the hegemony of the state-sanctioned Islam: for the rationalists, Turkey’s problems have their origins in the Sunni interpretation of Islam. Contemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey analyses nine prominent scholars of Islam who provide a religious opposition to the Sunni revival in Turkey: Hüseyin Atay, Yasar Nuri Öztürk, M. Hayri Kirbasoglu, Ilhami Güler, R. Ihsan Eliaçik, Ömer Özsoy, Mustafa Öztürk, Israfil Balci, and Mehmet Azimli. These scholars’ writings are almost exclusively published in Turkish, so this book makes their ideas available in English for the first time. It also examines the scope, methodology and argumentation of the scholars’ theology, categorizing their theological interpretations from ‘historicist’ to ‘universalist’ and from ‘empiricist’ to ‘rationalist’. In identifying a new ‘rationalist’ school of Turkish theology and outlining its different manifestations, the book breaks new ground. It fills a significant gap in the literature on Islamic studies and reveals an understudied dimension of Turkey and Turkish Islam beyond the well-known ideas of the AKP and the Gulenists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gokhan Bacik (Palacky University, Czech Republic.)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780755636785ISBN 10: 0755636783 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 23 February 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction The Political Context The sociology of Turkish Rationalists Defining Islamic Rationalism Explaining the Cases: Historicists and Universalists The Structure of the Book Chapter 1: The Fundamentals: Qur’an and Hadith The rationalists on Qur’an Historicists on the Nature of Qur’an Historicists Interpreting Qur’an Universalists on the Nature of Qur’an Universalists Interpreting Qur’an The rationalists on Hadith The Status of Traditions Criticizing the Hadith Literature The Debate on Methodology Chapter 2: Law: Demystifying Shari‘a The Nature and the Status of Shari‘a Cases: A Rationalist Interpretation of Shari‘a Corporal Punishment Slavery Apostasy Jihad The Status and Rights of Women in Islam The Law of Inheritance Polygamy Divorce Marriage with non-Muslims Beating Women Women’s Testimony Veiling Who is a good Muslim? A Moralistic Theory of Piety Shari‘a in Practice: Comprehensive Sunnah Islam and Politics: Towards a Theory of Opposition Chapter 3: History: “De-Islamizing” Islamic History Turkish Rationalists on History and Causality Revisionism on the History of Qur’an Revisionism on Muhammad’s Life Revisionism on the Early Islamic History Chapter 4: Politics and Society: What went wrong? The Mainstream Theory of Decay The Rise of Sunni Orthodoxy Al-Ghazali: The Triumph of Anti-Rationalism Ash‘arism: The Paradigmatic Root Al-Shafi‘i: “The Villain” The Umayyads: The Practical Distortion of Islam Sufism: Popularization of Anti-Rationalism Contemporary Islamic Social Movements: A False Theory of Revival ConclusionReviewsContemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey is a seminal and welcome contribution to public and university library Islamic Studies collections, highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review Contemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey is a seminal and welcome contribution to public and university library Islamic Studies collections, highly recommended. * Midwest Book Review * Author InformationGökhan Bacik is Professor of Political Science at Palacky University in the Czech Republic. He is the author of Islam and Muslim Resistance to Modernity in Turkey (2020) and Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan (2008), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles. He previously worked as Associate Professor of International Relations at Ipek Universit, Turkey. His scholarship centers around contemporary politics of Islam and the Middle East. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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