Islam in the Modern World

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Paperback

9780061905810

Challenged by the West, Threatened by Fundamentalism, Keeping Faith with Tradition

Contents

1. Contentious Issues Debated in Islamic Circles Today

Islam in the present

Jihad and its Spiritual Significance

Islamic Work Ethic

The Male and the Female

Twelver Imam Shi'ism

2. Traditional Islam and Modernism

Islamic Spirituality

Development in the Contemporary Islamic World

3. Tensions Between Tradition, Modernism, and Fundamentalism

Education

Philosophy and Science

Art and Architecture

4. Postscript

Present Tendencies and Future Trends in the Islamic World

Appendix

Question of Revival of Traditional Islamic Education

Philosophy in Present-Day Islamic World

Western Interpreters of Islamic Tradition