Dialectical Encounters: Contemporary Turkish Muslim Thought in Dialogue

Discussions of Islam in Turkey are dominated by political considerations, but there is a body of Muslim institutions that engage with Turkish theology in its theological concerns, shedding light on complex Muslim voices in a largely Western and Christian modernity. This book provides a concise survey of Turkish Muslim positions on religious pluralism and atheism and detailed treatments of both critical and appreciative Turkish Muslim perspectives on Western Christianity, offering a critical reframing of the category of modernity through the responses of Turkish theologians to the Western intellectual tradition.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Discussions of Islam in Turkey are often dominated by political considerations and dualistic paradigms of modern versus traditional, secular versus religious. However, there is a significant body of Muslim institutions in the country that transcends these divisions. Turkish theology faculties, for instance, have been engaged in theological research that goes beyond political agendas. This book, featuring the work of Recep Alpyal and aban Ali Dzgn, offers 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. By engaging with Turkish theology in its theological rather than political concerns, this book sheds light on complex Muslim voices within the context of a largely Western and Christian modernity. The result is a critical re-framing of the category of modernity through the responses of Turkish theologians to the Western intellectual tradition.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474441544