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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781474441537
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 28/02/2019
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Discussions of Islam in Turkey are still heavily dominated by political considerations and the dualistic paradigms of modern v. traditional, secular v. religious. Yet there exists a body of Muslim institutions in the country – Turkish theology faculties – whose work overcomes ideological divisions. By engaging with Turkish theology in its theological rather than political concerns, this book sheds light on complex Muslim voices in the context of a largely Western and Christian modernity. Featuring the work of Recep Alpyagil and Saban Ali Düzgün, this innovative study provides a concise survey of Turkish Muslim positions on religious pluralism and atheism as well as detailed treatments of both critical and appreciative Turkish Muslim perspectives on Western Christianity. The result is a critical reframing of the category of modernity through the responses of Turkish theologians to the Western intellectual tradition.
Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction: Turkish Muslim "Theology" and Religion in Turkey 2. Roots and Authorities: Resituating Revisionist and Ankara Paradigms in Light of Other Authorities Part II: The Individual and Authority in Dialectical Continuity 3. Alpyagil’s Case for Canon 4. Inclusions and the Role of the Individual Part III: A Theological Anthropology of Empowerment 5. Düzgün’s Case for a Religion of Freedom 6. Human Agency, Responsibility, and Ta w?id Part IV: Conclusions 7. From Dialectics to Direct Address: Turkish Theologians on Atheism and Other Religions 8. Conclusion: Reflections on Turkish Islam, Modernity, and Dialogue Bibliography, Index

Taraneh Wilkinson (International Postdoctoral Fellow, The Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII, Bologna, Italy)

Taraneh R. Wilkinson obtained her Ph.D. in Religious Pluralism at Georgetown University. She is continuing her work on comparative aspects of Muslim and Christian thought as an international postdoctoral fellow at FSCIRE in Bologna, Italy. Her work addresses comparative aspects of Muslim and Christian thought and she has published articles in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences and Journal of Ecumenical Studies.