Questioning Secularism
Author | : Hussein Ali Agrama |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226010687 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226010686 |
Rating | : 4/5 (686 Downloads) |
Download or read book Questioning Secularism written by Hussein Ali Agrama and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What, exactly, is secularism? What has the West's long familiarity with it inevitably obscured? In this work, Hussein Ali Agrama tackles these questions. Focusing on the fatwa councils and family law courts of Egypt just prior to the revolution, he delves deeply into the meaning of secularism itself and the ambiguities that lie at its heart.