{"product_id":"secularism-confronts-islam-9780231141031","title":"Secularism Confronts Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe denunciation of Islamic fundamentalism has slowly evolved into an attack on all Muslims and Islam. This hostility is rooted in the belief that Islam cannot be integrated into secular and liberal society. However, as Olivier Roy makes clear, Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a \"true believer.\" They have formulated a language that recognizes two spaces: that of religion and that of secular society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern society is unable to recognize this process, Roy argues, because it assumes religious practice is embedded within a specific, traditional culture. Instead, Roy shows that new forms of religiosity, such as Islamic fundamentalism and Christian evangelicalism, have come to thrive in posttraditional, secular contexts precisely because they remain detached from any cultural background. In recognizing this, Roy recasts the debate concerning Islam and democracy. He distinguishes between Arab and non-Arab Muslims, hegemony and tolerance, and the role of the \u003ci\u003eumma\u003c\/i\u003e and the sharia in Muslim religious life. Supporting his arguments with extensive research, Roy demonstrates the limits of our understanding of contemporary Islamic religious practice and the role of Islam as a screen onto which Western societies have projected their own identity crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivier Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.58w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231141031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlivier Roy is research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and lectures at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) in Paris. His books with Columbia University Press include \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Chaos in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGlobalized Islam\u003c\/i\u003e; and, with Amel Boubekeur, \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to the Islamists? Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims, and the Lure of Consumerist Islam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39943708442739,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ac48ab33-c116-4634-b830-67f5b317c121.jpg?v=1648213953","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/secularism-confronts-islam-9780231141031","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}