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7. Conclusion

Author : Gokhan Bacik

Published in: Islam and Muslim Resistance to Modernity in Turkey

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Based on the evidence provided in this book about Muslims’ encounter with modernity at the paradigmatic level, as well as its disclosure of the dimensions of the debate on the Islamic idea of nature, this chapter concludes with a general discussion of how its findings are relevant in understanding Muslim societies with respect to grand debates over change, reform, and modernization.

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Title: Conclusion
Author: Gokhan Bacik
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Islam and Muslim Resistance to Modernity in Turkey
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-25900-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-25901-3

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25901-3_7