This book is an attempt to explain how; in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization; some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic; rational; and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge; meaning; and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings; from love poetry to history to philosophical theology; Goodman shows that medieval Islam was open to individualism; occasional secularism; skepticism; even liberalism.
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