Dialectical Encounters by Taraneh Wilkinson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Discussions of Islam in Turkey are still heavily dominated by political considerations and the dualistic paradigms of modern v. traditional, secular v. religious. Yet there exists a body of Muslim institutions in the country - Turkish theology faculties - whose work overcomes ideologicaldivisions. By engaging with Turkish theology in its theological rather than political concerns, this book sheds light on complex Muslim voices in the context of a largely Western and Christian modernity. Featuring the work of Recep Alpyagil and Saban Ali Duzgun, this innovative study provides a concise survey of Turkish Muslim positions on religious pluralism and atheism as well as detailed treatments of both critical and appreciative Turkish Muslim perspectives on Western Christianity. The resultis a critical reframing of the category of modernity through the responses of Turkish theologians to the Western intellectual tradition. | Dialectical Encounters by Taraneh Wilkinson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters