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State And Secularism: Perspectives from Asia

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 12:12
The concept of a secular state is important in many parts of Asia and how this is resolved has important implications for the social, economic and political development of various Asian countries. Unfortunately, problems of the secular state have all along been studied based on the historical experience of state formation in Europe, with little (or no) input from the Asian perspective. This book will for the very first time, present mainly Asian perspectives, while drawing on Western experience as well.

The Future of Religious Freedom: Global Challenges

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 11:32
What is the status of religious freedom in the world today? What barriers does it face? What are the realistic prospects for improvement, and why does this matter? This book addresses these critical questions by assembling in one volume some of the best forward thinking and empirical research on religious liberty, international legal trends, and societal dynamics. Chapters explore the status, value, and challenges of religious liberty around the world—with illustrations from a wide range of historical situations, contemporary contexts, and constitutional regimes.

Theological Anthropology in Interreligious Perspective

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 11:21
What defines 'humanity' is a seemingly innocuous question and yet one which continues to attract controversy. Directed by this inquiry and bringing together theological insight in conversation with academic interreligious discourse, the present edited volume offers a unique contribution towards articulating the complex and myriad ways in which human life has been conceived and related to the greater vista of reality. Framed around

Modernization and Societal Sciences in the Muslim World

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 11:07
Each civilization approaches human action and explains and solves social problems in its own way. From this perspective we can say that every civilization has its own "societal sciences". Fiqh and social sciences are two societal sciences of two different civilizations, namely the Islamic and the Western civilizations, respectively.

Human Rights in The Ottoman Reform: Foundations, Motivations And Formations

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 11:07

This book argues that the late Ottoman constitutional reforms (i) were carried out as a consequence of the metamorphosis of the Empire into a modern state, (ii) were considerably in favour of the bureaucratic class, (iii) were paying regard to the expectations of the Ottoman and the Western public, and most importantly (iv) had been in conformity with Islamic jurisprudence. The constitutional reforms in the late Ottoman Empire on fundamental rights and freedoms were an idiosyncratic reflection of a trans-regional political paradigm shift.

Comparative Theories and Methods between Uniplexity and Multiplexity

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 11:01

This book offers a comparative and critical introduction to the various major social theories and methods with an emphasis on the implicit assumptions upon which they are founded. It aims to go beyond the conventional theories and methods in the social sciences that are colored with Eurocentrism. It attempts to teach the reader not only the existing theories but also the art of theory-building.

Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of the Hadith Transmission Network

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 10:50
In both the social sciences and the humanities, current scholarship typically examines speech and social action as separate entities. But do they truly act in isolation? In Narrative Social Structure, Recep Senturk challenges the prevailing understandings of speech and social action, of actor and organization. Using the example of the
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