THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARIZATION

In: Journal of democracy, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 76-80

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT ISLAM MAY BE LIVING THROUGH A TURNING POINT IN ITS HISTORY WHICH WILL BRING IT FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE HUMAN CONDITION AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IT OFFERS SOME ISLAMIC RESPONSES TO SECULARIZATION. IT NOTES THAT THE CURRENT DIVIDING LINE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IS MORE OR LESS EQUIVALENT TO THE ONE THAT SEPARATED THE REFORMATION FROM THE COUNTERREFORMATION.