Muhammad Abduh. (Makers of the Muslim World)

Starting from his early years as a student of traditional religious sciences initially at Tanta and later at al-Azhar in Cairo, and his growing dissatisfaction with traditional methods of instruction, the first chapter introduces Jamal al-Din al-Afghani as the pivotal figure in steering [MODIFIER LE...

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Published in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 2010, Vol.73 (2), p.320-321
Main Author: Scharbrodt, Oliver
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Abduh, Muhammad
al-Afghani, Jamal al-Din
Biographies
Ibn Sina (980-1037)
Intellectual development
Islam
Modernism
Muslims
Political activism
Politics
Pragmatics
Religion
Religious change
Religious leaders
Review articles
Teaching methods
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Summary:Starting from his early years as a student of traditional religious sciences initially at Tanta and later at al-Azhar in Cairo, and his growing dissatisfaction with traditional methods of instruction, the first chapter introduces Jamal al-Din al-Afghani as the pivotal figure in steering [MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING]Abduh's intellectual development and future political career. [...]the book provides a very succinct discussion of [MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING]Abduh's views and approaches to Islam and their formation and development. Rather than being interested in the technical modalities and methodologies of traditional Muslim scholarship, he intended to find pragmatic solutions to legal problems in order to facilitate the adoption of European practices within Islamic law and to provide a rationalistic and modernist account of Islam that would appeal to a new generation of young Muslims attracted to the nineteenth-century ideas of progress, rationalism and science.
ISSN:0041-977X
1474-0699
DOI:10.1017/S0041977X10000170