The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism - Softcover

Ramadan, Tariq

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141038020 ISBN 13: 9780141038025

Publisher: Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

In The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism, Tariq Ramadan embarks on a journey to uncover the profound truths that bind us together.

In a world so full of different beliefs and viewpoints, how can we find peace in our shared humanity?

Acclaimed thinker and philosopher Tariq Ramadan explores universal ideas such as love, respect, truth and tolerance, and examines questions such as how can men and women relate to each other? What is the true nature of equality? What does 'civilization' really mean? In doing so, he opens our minds to a new view of humanity.

Whether we are Christian or Buddhist, Jewish or Muslim, secularist or believer, he reveals that all traditions of thought spring from the same place, and guides us to see past what divides us and discover the beauty of what we have in common.

This book has resonance for all of us, showing why, eventually, all different spiritual paths lead to the human heart.

'A prophetic, passionate and insightful book'
  Karen Armstrong, Financial Times

Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and St Antony's College (University of Oxford). He is the Director of the Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (Doha) He is the author of The Quest for Meaning and The Messenger, and has been described as one of the 'most important innovators for the twenty-first century' by Time magazine.

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Review:

Tariq Ramadan is a Muslim Martin Luther (Washington Post)

One of the most important innovators for the twenty-first century (Time)

The work of Tariq Ramadan will take its place in the annals of Islamic thought (Le Monde Diplomatique)

About the Author:

Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford University, and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (both in Qatar), and Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University in Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141038020
• ISBN 13: 9780141038025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 211