Critique of Religious Thought. English Translation of naqd al-fikr ad-dini

Sadik J. Al-Azm

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1df4htn

Zusammenfassung

Sadik al-Azm's Critique of Religious Thought set off one of the the great Arab intellectual uproars of the twentieth century, leading to the author's imprisonment and trial for mocking religion and inciting sectarian conflict. As in his earlier Self-Criticism after the Defeat, al-Azm takes on the taboos of the age and their sponsors: the religious elites. In this book he attempts to awaken the Arab mind from its dogmatic slumber, leading it out of the Middle Ages and into a modern world characterized by science and rationality. Critique of Religious Thought is one of the most controversial and influential books about the role of religion in Arab politics. This is the authorised translation of Sadik Al-Azm's work, Naqd al-fikr ad-dini, originally published in Arabic in 1969. New edition 2014 with an introduction by the author. Translation George Stergios and Mansour Ajami.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Auflage: 1/2014
Copyrightjahr: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-3-940924-44-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-940924-45-2
Verlag: Gerlach Press, Berlin
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 241
Produkttyp: Monographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

KapitelSeiten

1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Translator’s Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction to the English Edition Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 8
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 9 - 16
1 Scientific Culture and the Poverty of Religious Thought Kein Zugriff Seiten 17 - 76
2 The Tragedy of Satan (Iblis) Kein Zugriff Seiten 77 - 124
3 Reply to a Criticism Kein Zugriff Seiten 125 - 136
4 The Miracle of the Apparition of the Virginand the Eradication of the Traces of Aggression Kein Zugriff Seiten 137 - 164
5 Deception in Contemporary Western Christian Thought Kein Zugriff Seiten 165 - 180
6 Introduction to the Scientific-MaterialistConception of the Universe and its Development Kein Zugriff Seiten 181 - 206
Appendix 1 Documents from the Trial of the Author and PublisherDecember 1969-January 1970 Kein Zugriff Seiten 207 - 226
Appendix 2 Statement of the Mufti of the Republic [Lebanon]about the Book “Critique of Religious Thought” Kein Zugriff Seiten 227 - 230