‘ilm al-kalam al-jadid (‘ilm al-kalām al-jadīd)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: A new dialectical theology

Long Description: A new dialectical theology. As a result of the introduction of modern Western ideas into the Islamic world, Muslim modernists have called for a new dialectical theology that will engage and incorporate these new ideas.

Sources: Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard