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Book SynopsisThis book aims to bring Muslim theology into the present day. Rather than a purely academic pursuit, Modern Muslim Theology argues that theology is a creative process and discusses how the Islamic tradition can help contemporary practitioners negotiate their relationships with God, with one another, and with the rest of creation.
Trade ReviewInformed by his deep reading of scripture and the Islamic tradition, as well as his grounding in the academic study of religion, Nguyen offers a theology that is of interest to academics as well as to people of faith, and to those who wish to learn more about Islam regardless of their orientation. -- Zayn Kassam, Pomona College
Nguyen successfully inhabits the pastoral voice—the book is as much an intellectual and spiritual reflection as a motivating call to action. -- Mairaj Syed, University of California, Davis
This is a courageous and bold voice which brings together the layers of tradition and worship in an engaged conversation on the topic of theological ethics. Learned as well as accessible, Martin Nguyen shows how a lived Islam reflects the ethical life Muslims around the world as well as in America practice and cherish. It is a fascinating search of a scholar and an engaged participant for a Muslim ethical narrative in late modernity. -- Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies, University of Notre Dame
Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Why Theology? Muslim Theology A Muslim Theology of Engagement Genealogy of the Book Arrangement of the Book Conventions of the Book Notes 1 The Language of Theology Theology The Horizon of Engagement The Measure of Revelation Notes 2 The Measure of Modern Time A Pound of Flesh Life Without End The Time That Remains End of the End Times Crisis Continuous Notes 3 Imagining Tradition The Question of Tradition The Construction of Tradition The Kaʿba as Tradition Notes 69 4 The Religious Imagination Imagine Reason and Rationalities The Muslim Imaginative Tradition The Measure of the Religious Imagination Notes 5 Revelation and Response The Qur’an as Revelation In the Moment of Revelation Toward a Theology of Prostration Notes 6 Faith in the Tradition A Life of Faith The Measure of Faith Faith in the Changing Tradition A Life of Change Faith in the Forge Notes 7 Theology in Prostration Prayer A Life of Prayer Prayer in Prostration The Timing of Prayer The Form of Prayer The Prostration of Response The Prostration of Protest Pray as Though It Is Your Last Prayer Notes Conclusion Where We Have Been Where We Shall Go Notes Bibliography Arabic Texts 187 General Sources 189 Index of Qur’anic Verses 199 About the Author 205
