Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity

by Aaron W. Hughes

Book Overview

Many scholars of Islam are interested in creating a liberal, inclusive, pluralistic, feminist, and modern version of the religion that they believe to be explicit in the pages of the Qur'ān, but missed by earlier interpreters. In so doing, they create "good" Islam and, in the process, seek to define what does and does not get to count as authentic. As the purveyors of what they now believe to be veritable Islam, they subsequently claim that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178179216X
• ISBN13: 9781781792162
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"