Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?

This paper argues that European Islam is experiencing an ontological revolution that revisits epistemological foundations in order to endorse some basic values of modernity.1 In addition to revisiting the classical ontological-epistemological bond that characterizes most Islamic scholarship in the...

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Autor principal:	Mohammed Hashas
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2014
Materias:	European Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, Reformist Islam, Ontological Revolution, Epistemological Awakening, Kalam, Muʻtazila, Muslim Prometheus, Peaceful Metaphysical Rebellion, Pluralism, Ethics, Reason Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06dc8b78fa494ce1a19eed21cd424ff02021-12-02T17:49:33ZIs European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?10.35632/ajis.v31i4.2792690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/06dc8b78fa494ce1a19eed21cd424ff02014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/279https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This paper argues that European Islam is experiencing an ontological revolution that revisits epistemological foundations in order to endorse some basic values of modernity.1 In addition to revisiting the classical ontological-epistemological bond that characterizes most Islamic scholarship in the context of multicultural liberal societies, it emphasizes the questions of ethics and spirituality. Such an endeavor is described here as “revisionist-reformist,” revisionist in the sense that it is broadly a continuity of a rationalist trend in Islamic thought, and reformist in the sense that it updates a number of values that have for centuries been narrowed down to revealed/prescribed laws. This reformist tendency allows European Islam to open new pathways outside what could be called “classical dichotomous thought,” which sees only antagonism between reason and faith, or between religion and politics. Religion, ethics, and reason are considered inseparable ontologically and complementary epistemologically; they are not seen as mutually contradictory or antagonistic. Mohammed HashasInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleEuropean Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, Reformist Islam, Ontological Revolution, Epistemological Awakening, Kalam, Muʻtazila, Muslim Prometheus, Peaceful Metaphysical Rebellion, Pluralism, Ethics, ReasonIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 31, Iss 4 (2014)
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topic	European Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, Reformist Islam, Ontological Revolution, Epistemological Awakening, Kalam, Muʻtazila, Muslim Prometheus, Peaceful Metaphysical Rebellion, Pluralism, Ethics, Reason Islam BP1-253
spellingShingle	European Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, Reformist Islam, Ontological Revolution, Epistemological Awakening, Kalam, Muʻtazila, Muslim Prometheus, Peaceful Metaphysical Rebellion, Pluralism, Ethics, Reason Islam BP1-253 Mohammed Hashas Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?
description	This paper argues that European Islam is experiencing an ontological revolution that revisits epistemological foundations in order to endorse some basic values of modernity.1 In addition to revisiting the classical ontological-epistemological bond that characterizes most Islamic scholarship in the context of multicultural liberal societies, it emphasizes the questions of ethics and spirituality. Such an endeavor is described here as “revisionist-reformist,” revisionist in the sense that it is broadly a continuity of a rationalist trend in Islamic thought, and reformist in the sense that it updates a number of values that have for centuries been narrowed down to revealed/prescribed laws. This reformist tendency allows European Islam to open new pathways outside what could be called “classical dichotomous thought,” which sees only antagonism between reason and faith, or between religion and politics. Religion, ethics, and reason are considered inseparable ontologically and complementary epistemologically; they are not seen as mutually contradictory or antagonistic.
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title	Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?
title_short	Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?
title_full	Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?
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Is European Islam Experiencing an Ontological Revolution foe an Epistemological Awakening?

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