Islam, Religion and Progress: Critical Perspectives

Islam, Religion and Progress:  Critical Perspectives

Editors: Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib et. al 
Publisher: The Reading Group
ISBN: 9810555296
Weight: 
Pages: 186pp
Year: 2006
Price: RM25

This book offers insight and analyses by various thinkers, past and present, on factors that may promote or hamper the process of development and progress in society, with an emphasis on Muslim society. The are meant to provoke readers to dicuss, debate and contextualize the ideas presented according to the dominant thought and conditions of the present.

ForewordNoor Aisha Abdul Rahman

PrefaceMohamed Imran Mohamed Taib

INTRODUCTIONThe Making of Progressive ReligionAzhar Ibrahim Alwee

CHAPTER 1Man in SocietyFazlur Rahman

CHAPTER 2Religion and the Integration of the Social OrderKarl Mannheim

CHAPTER 3The Rationalistic and Philosophical Spirit of IslamSyed Ameer Ali

CHAPTER 4Backwardness and the Will to ThinkSyed Hussein Alatas

CHAPTER 5The Danger of Incorrigible ConservatismAmir Shakib Arslan

CHAPTER 6Negative Attitudes Towards ReligionShaharuddin Maaruf

CHAPTER 7Consequences of Islamic Resurgence in MalaysiaChandra Muzaffar

CHAPTER 8Religion and PrejudiceGordon W. Allport

CHAPTER 9Why Didn’t the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam?Pervez Hoodbhoy

CHAPTER 10The Rights of Women in IslamAsghar Ali Engineer