Combining historical analysis and contemporary interviews with Muslim peace advocates, this book develops an empirically-grounded survey of Islamic philosophies of nonviolence and a general analysis of the phenomenon. Woerner-Powell sheds light on how Islamic thought might play a larger role in secular and inter-religious debates.
In Pacifism and Nonviolence in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy, Tom Woerner-Powell combines historical analysis and contemporary interviews with Muslim peace advocates in an effort to develop an empirically-grounded survey of Islamic philosophies of nonviolence and a general analysis of the phenomenon. The first monograph on Islamic nonviolence to engage substantively with contemporary debates in the field of moral philosophy, his study is critical and descriptive rather than apologetic and polemical. His approach is both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary. Drawing on methods from the fields of Peace Studies, Islamic Studies, and Moral Philosophy, he identifies, critiques, and addresses the shortcomings within the dominant approaches in these fields regarding the question of pacifism and nonviolence in contemporary Islam. Woerner-Powell's book sheds new light not only on Islamic cases of nonviolence, but also on the manner in which Islamic thought might play a larger role in secular and inter-religious debates. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
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Combines historical analysis and current interviews with Muslim peace advocates to develop a study of Islamic philosophies of nonviolence.
Introduction;
1. Hierarchy, Community, and Nonviolence in Senegal:
Amadou Bamba [ 18531927];
2. Nation, Nonviolence, and Service in Pakistan;
Bacha Khan [ 18901988];
3. Peace, Love, and Harmony in Sri Lanka and the
United States; Bawa Muhaiyadeen [ d. 1986];
4. Nonviolence, History, and
Self-Sacrifice in Iran; Ali Shariati [ 19331977];
5. Peace, Justice, and
Progress in India; Wahiduddin Khan [ 19252021];
6. Nonviolence, Duty, and
Compulsion in Syria; Jawdat Said [ 19312022];
7. Conversations on Islamic
Nonviolence with Thinkers and Activists; Amina Khoulani, Chaiwat Satha-Anand,
Haytham Alhamwi, John Muhammad Butt, and Rabia Terri Harris; Conclusion.
Tom Woerner-Powell is Senior Lecturer in Modern Islam at the University of Manchester. He is a recipient of the Foundation Ousseimi Prix de la Tolérance. His book Another Road to Damascus won the BRAIS-DeGruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.
