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Originally Posted by kerry
Not sure about the Islamic reformation. Certainly independent philosophical inquiry died out in Islam but I don't think I'd call that the a defeated reformation since the reformation in Christianity wasn't a resurgence of independent philosophical inquiry but a rejection of centralized authority in religious interpretation and politics which Islam never had.
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Don't remember the exact details I'm afraid. . It was either on NPR or some debate Hitchens was in on Youtube and it was a while ago. Basically the contention was that since the hardliners had triumphed in Islam the accpetance of the Koran and it's centralized authority as the only knowledge worth having meant the end of civilizational progress within islamic societies. Whereas in Europe the reformation - by calling religion into question (if you have one contradicting view of the religious authority, then why not a whole lot more) essentially paved the way for secular thought to reject the whole religious edifice altogether, and so you have the rise of science. I'm paraphrasing hugely here but I think the gist is clear.
- Peter.
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