In "The Quest for Meaning", Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, invites the reader to join him on a journey to the deep ocean of religious, secular, and indigenous spiritual traditions to explore the most pressing contemporary issues. Along the way, Ramadan interrogates the concepts that frame current debates including: faith and reason, emotions and spirituality, tradition and modernity, freedom, equality, universality, and civilization. He acknowledges the greatest flashpoints and attempts to bridge divergent paths to a common ground between these religious and intellectual traditions. He calls urgently for a deep and meaningful dialogue that leads us to go beyond tolerant co-existence to mutual respect and enrichment. Written in a both direct and meditative style this is an important, timely and intelligent book that aims to direct and shape debate around the most important questions of our time.
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A prophetic, passionate and insightful book. Ramadan's message is urgent: our very survival depends upon our ability to build a harmonious, respectful global community -- Karen Armstrong FT
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Tariq Ramadan is a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at the Lokahi Foundation. Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels, lecturing extensively throughout the world on ethics of citizenship, social justice and dialogue between civilizations. A member of many international organizations and steering committees, he is president of the European think-tank the European Muslim Network. His previous books have been translated into many languages. He has been described as one of the 'most important innovators for the twenty-first century' by Time magazine.
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Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Islamic Studies on the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University, Senior Research Fellow at St Antony's College (Oxford), Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan), and the President of the think tank European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels. He is the author of Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation, In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons From the Life of Muhammad, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam , and Islam, the West, and Challenges of Modernity.
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hello ... its a great book ... its concepts very deep and in contrast to philosophical books is verey easy to read and to reflect on our daily life... my best part as muslim arab lady that I am read this book with my christian western friend .. this book helped us to understand us much better ... this book discuss the meaning in many aspects of life that we do our best to debate and disagree on them ... yet we all agree that these aspects are a fundemuntals in life that we all share it together ...
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This book not only give you a Roadmap to have a profound thought process but also take you back to the history,, One of the best work of Tariq ,,, Excellent work
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