Faith, Policy and Theology. The Theological Stance of the Syrian Scholar Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī (1929-2013)

Poya A, Suleiman PF (2017)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2017

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Edited Volumes: Unity and Diversity in Contemporary Muslim Thought

City/Town: Newcastle upon Tyne

Pages Range: 47-62

Abstract

The text explores the intellectual and socio-political positions of Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī, focusing on his role as a religious scholar and leader.

His comprehensive studies on Islam—widely recognized in Arabic-speaking countries but less known in the West—are marked by a theologically grounded traditionalism and a firm rejection of Islamist movements.

His insistence on the inseparability of religion and the nation-state, along with his close relationship with the Syrian regime under Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad, has been the subject of considerable controversy.

Authors with CRIS profile

Abbas Poya Professur für Islamisch-Religiöse Studien mit Schwerpunkt Reformdiskurs im gegenwärtigen Islam (Heisenberg-Professur) Philipp Farid Suleiman Department Islamisch-Religiöse Studien

How to cite

APA:

Poya, A., & Suleiman, P.F. (2017). Faith, Policy and Theology. The Theological Stance of the Syrian Scholar Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī (1929-2013). In Poya Abbas, Suleiman Farid (Eds.), Unity and Diversity in Contemporary Muslim Thought. (pp. 47-62). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

MLA:

Poya, Abbas, and Philipp Farid Suleiman. "Faith, Policy and Theology. The Theological Stance of the Syrian Scholar Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī (1929-2013)." Unity and Diversity in Contemporary Muslim Thought. Ed. Poya Abbas, Suleiman Farid, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. 47-62.

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