The Impact of Fear and Authority on Islamic and Baha'iModernisms in the Late Modern Age
A Liberal Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3268920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Nash (0000-0002-0258-2513, University of Sunderland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1125-1136 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel6031125 |
| OpenAlex | W2149073229 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Fear of the late modern world has been a major factor in the rise of authoritarianand violent religio-political movements. This article draws on Anthony Giddens andCharles Taylor's conceptualisation of the self in the secular age, and applies this to twomodernist religious trends originating in the East in the later nineteenth century in thecontext of western global expansion. Endeavouring to rise to the challenge ofaccommodating Islam to modernity by adopting the tools of rationality and encouragingindependent inquiry, Islamic Modernism has become increasingly embattled. The Baha'ifaith, a movement that incorporates similar perspectives and also developed out of anIslamic context, proposes a theophanic transformation rather than renewal through reformof Islam. After a period of infusion of a progressive catalytic impulse into the Middle East,the Baha'i faith performed its own recalibration of modernism, enunciating apocalypticdenunciation of the modern world similar to that found in Muslim revivalist trends. Thearticle ends by making some suggestions for continuation of a progressive religiousapproach in late modernity
Aesthetics · Faith · Islam · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798–1939
Islam in the World
Modern Islamic Political Thought
Modernity and Self-Identity
The Islamic Threat
Late Ottoman Palestine
Religion
Spiritual, but not Religious
Contemporary Islamic thought
Baha'i Religious History
Spirituality
The Islamic Threat. Myth or Reality
Modern Trends in Islam
The Babi and Baha 'i Religions
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |