Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities
From 25-26 September 2009, Thomas Jefferson’s academic village in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference of theAssociation of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS). Cosponsored by the university’s Department of Religious Studies and...
Guardado en:
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | article |
| Lenguaje: | EN |
| Publicado: |
International Institute of Islamic Thought
2009
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/ed15fa5616f6421d969eb2c24709128a |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| id |
oai:doaj.org-article:ed15fa5616f6421d969eb2c24709128a |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:ed15fa5616f6421d969eb2c24709128a2021-12-02T17:26:04ZIslamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities10.35632/ajis.v26i4.13772690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/ed15fa5616f6421d969eb2c24709128a2009-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1377https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 From 25-26 September 2009, Thomas Jefferson’s academic village in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference of theAssociation of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS). Cosponsored by the university’s Department of Religious Studies and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, presenters and participants discussed “Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities.” In his opening remarks, Conference Chair Abdulaziz Sachedina (Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies, UVA) underlined the deliberate choice of traditions and modernities in the title to acknowledge the multiplicity of these experiences in current academic disciplines.AMSS presidentAli Mazrui (Binghamton University), the second opening speaker, focused on modernity, modernization, democratization, globalization, secularization, and other related concepts, all of which were invented and defined by the West and are part of the dilemma of Islam’s confrontation with it. Expanding upon globalization’s various forms, he opined that its dominant category was comprehensive globalization, which represents all of the forces that have brought societies together in a globalized village. He concluded by stating that he was proud to launch this conference with the agenda of this changing dynamic of the present century ... Halil Ibrahim YenigunInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 26, Iss 4 (2009) |
| institution |
DOAJ |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
EN |
| topic |
Islam BP1-253 |
| spellingShingle |
Islam BP1-253 Halil Ibrahim Yenigun Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| description |
From 25-26 September 2009, Thomas Jefferson’s academic village in
Charlottesville, the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the Thirty-Eighth
Annual Conference of theAssociation of Muslim Social Scientists of North
America (AMSS). Cosponsored by the university’s Department of Religious
Studies and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages
and Cultures, presenters and participants discussed “Islamic Traditions and
Comparative Modernities.”
In his opening remarks, Conference Chair Abdulaziz Sachedina
(Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies, UVA) underlined the
deliberate choice of traditions and modernities in the title to acknowledge
the multiplicity of these experiences in current academic disciplines.AMSS
presidentAli Mazrui (Binghamton University), the second opening speaker,
focused on modernity, modernization, democratization, globalization, secularization,
and other related concepts, all of which were invented and
defined by the West and are part of the dilemma of Islam’s confrontation
with it. Expanding upon globalization’s various forms, he opined that its
dominant category was comprehensive globalization, which represents all of
the forces that have brought societies together in a globalized village. He
concluded by stating that he was proud to launch this conference with the
agenda of this changing dynamic of the present century ...
|
| format |
article |
| author |
Halil Ibrahim Yenigun |
| author_facet |
Halil Ibrahim Yenigun |
| author_sort |
Halil Ibrahim Yenigun |
| title |
Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| title_short |
Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| title_full |
Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| title_fullStr |
Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities |
| title_sort |
islamic traditions and comparative modernities |
| publisher |
International Institute of Islamic Thought |
| publishDate |
2009 |
| url |
https://doaj.org/article/ed15fa5616f6421d969eb2c24709128a |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT halilibrahimyenigun islamictraditionsandcomparativemodernities |
| _version_ |
1718380884353089536 |