ISL 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Islamism, Secularism, Westernization
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Modernization, westernization, and secularization, modernization/development: technology increases human control over the physical environment, which leads to alterations in education and politics. Secularization: focusing on current life rather than spiritual or future life and: westernization: modernization is solely influenwaced by the west. o drawing values/beliefs from human (not divine) sources. Limits influences of religious institutions on society: benefits of westernization: Lower morality rates and rise in populations b/c of western medication. Effendi: a new class formed as a product of education and new and public health professions: pre-modern reform: Islamic tradition was diverse and going through constant change. Ir was never o static and monolithic: wahhabi movement: muhammad wahhab. Doctrinal position labeled as salifi (strict adherence to quran: responses to the challenge: Four categories of responses: traditionalism: others perceived it as and sufis considered traditionalists emphasis on continuity of the past. Perceived western challenge as a cycle of flourishing and decline while.
