Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam
Muhammad Rashid Rida is among the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern period and yet, until now, his writings on Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English. In this flagship English edition, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by translating and analysing one of his most important works, The Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam. Contending that Rida’s work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated, he challenges the view that Rida was a fundamentalist and argues that his response to Christian criticisms was, in fact, distinctly modernist.
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Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam
Muhammad Rashid Rida is among the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern period and yet, until now, his writings on Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English. In this flagship English edition, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by translating and analysing one of his most important works, The Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam. Contending that Rida’s work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated, he challenges the view that Rida was a fundamentalist and argues that his response to Christian criticisms was, in fact, distinctly modernist.
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Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam

Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam

by Simon A. Wood
Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam
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Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam

Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam

by Simon A. Wood

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Muhammad Rashid Rida is among the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern period and yet, until now, his writings on Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English. In this flagship English edition, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by translating and analysing one of his most important works, The Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam. Contending that Rida’s work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated, he challenges the view that Rida was a fundamentalist and argues that his response to Christian criticisms was, in fact, distinctly modernist.

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ISBN-13: 9781780740980
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 01/01/2012
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Simon A. Wood is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is a leading expert on Rashid Rida and has given numerous high profile lectures on the topic.
Simon A. Wood is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is a leading expert on Rashid Rida and has given numerous high profile lectures on the topic.

Table of Contents

Preface x

Acknowledgements xi

Noteon Transliteration xii

Introduction xiii

1 Muslim Interpretations of Christianity 1

The Qur'anic Foundation 1

The Medieval Period 6

The Modern Period 12

2 Muhammad Rashid Rida and his Environment 17

The Impact of Colonialism and Muslim Responses 17

A Sketch of Rashid Rida's Life and Works 23

3 Rida'sViewofChristianity in the criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam 30

Calling to the Good: Islamic Da'wah and the Religion of the Other 33

Missionary Criticisms 35

Responding to Criticisms: Dialogue or Polemics? 37

The Religion of Innate Disposition (din al-fitrah) 39

Christian Scripture and Doctrine 40

viii Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs

4 Rashid Rida and the Origins of Islamic Fundamentalism 48

Non-Equivalence between English and Arabic Terminology 51

Usui al-Dln 53

The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism 54

Resistance to Rationalism 55

Literalism or Scripturalist Fundamentalism 56

The Uncreated Qur'an 58

Prophetic Tradition 59

The Consensus of the Companions (ijmd' al-sahabah) 60

The Enclave Culture 62

5 A Translation of the Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam 65

Preliminary Note on Translation Theory 65

Title Page and Preface 67

Article One: On the Need to Respond and Clarify the Muslim View of the Torah and Gospel 71

Article Two: Historical Doubts about Judaism and Christianity; Comparison of the Three Prophets 77

Article Three: Comparison between Islam and Christianity in Terms of the Three Goals of Religion 86

Article Four: On Judaism and Christianity Being Derived from Paganism 93

Article Five: In Response to the Book Researches of the Mufiahidi Qur'ank Evidence for the Veracity of the Torah and Gospel 99

Article Six: On the Verses on the Character of the Torah and Gospel 103

Article Seven: On Responding to the Periodical Basha'ir al Salam (The Glad Tidings of Peace); Comparison between Jews and Muslims; Muhammad's Superiority over Moses and the Rest of the Prophets 109

The First Part: The Blessed Family Tree 109

That Periodical's Second Part: On Ishmael 114

The Third Part: New Testament Authors and the Call to Religion 114

Article Eight: On the Books of the NewTestament 117

Article Nine: Also on the Books of the Two Testaments 124

Article Ten: The Sinlessness of the Prophets and Salvation 131

Article Eleven: The Muslim View of Fear and Hope; Defamationof the Companions and Successors on the Basis of this View 135

Article Twelve: Muslim Faith and Practice 139

Article Thirteen:the Glad Tidings of Peace's Absurd Treatmentof Islam and the Jahiliyyah 144

Article Fourteen: Response to the Periodical Al-JdmVah's Attacks on Islam 153

Causes or God Almighty's Ways in Creation (and Imam al-Ghazall's Proof of them) 156

Reconciling this with what Al-Ghazali States in The Incoherence of the Philosophers 161

Agreement of Al-Ghazall's Two Statements withBacon's Teaching 166

Article Fifteen: Response to Al-Jami'atis Denial that Islam is the Religion of Reason 169

Contradictions between Rational Evidence and Transmitted Evidence 171

Doubts about the Issue 173

The Development of Religions and their Culmination in Islam 183

The Similarity of Religious Education and Education in Schools 188

Article Sixteen: Civil and Religious Authority - In Response to Al-Jami'ah's Denial of Civil Authority and the Shari'ah in Islam 189

A Testimony on the Subject froma-Manar's First Year 193

Summary of the Evidence for Denying Religious Authority in Islam 195

The Shari'ah and the Religion in Islam 198

The Doubts of the Instiller of Doubts 200

Religious and National Unity 204

Bibliography 209

Index 217

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