Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Conclusion

In contemporary Islamic ethics, religious dissent acts as a mechanism of counter-authority; it tends to question some of the foundations of the legal thinking and consensus within the establishment rather than the whole principiology, tradition and establishment. Religious dissidents in autonomous religious institutions are usually reformists who challenge the centres of power, the majority opinion and the rigidity of the establishment. This type of dissent might be condemned within the establishment or punished, but rarely persecuted or excluded.

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó – Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 454 960 4

Authority is a key question in Islamic studies and beyond. This book examines the nature, figures, structures and functions of religious authority in contemporary Islamic ethics. It also discusses how Islamic authority and political power compete and/or cooperate in Muslim contexts and Europe. Moreover, it provides a coherent framework to understand authority as a moral foundation in relation to community, power, tradition and subversion. Various cases from Europe and the Muslim world are studied here to showcase the claims and practices of authority in their contexts. Despite its active role and resourcefulness in contemporary Islam, religious authority has to confront many limitations, including the dynamics of secularisation and individualisation. The author is a senior researcher at the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Eötvös József Research Centre at the University of Public Service (Budapest).

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/belhaj-authority-in-contemporary-islam//

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