Religious reconstruction

Concept · 2 readings

Religious reconstruction reexamines inherited commitments and institutions. Ambedkar and Iqbal pursue distinct projects; neither supplies a single model of what all religious change must be.

All readings

2 readings · Title A–Z

Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 70
Freedom, caste and the terms of reform
Ambedkar challenges caste, and Gandhi defends varna as a set of inherited duties. Can equal praise for those duties answer Ambedkar’s demand for freedom?
Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 73
Reason, tradition and renewal in modern Muslim thought
Iqbal proposes renewing legal interpretation through ijtihad and collective deliberation, and Hallaq challenges a simple history in which interpretation was closed. How much freedom does such renewal allow?

All readings

Freedom, caste and the terms of reform

Reason, tradition and renewal in modern Muslim thought