Dogmatism, Modernization and Islam

by Muhammed Asadi

Secularization of social thought, of worldview is an indicator of what has been described as “modernization”, a Gesellschaft, when the collective conscience and individual conscience are not in harmony. This is in contrast to a Gemeinschaft, or a community-type social system where both collective conscience and individual conscience are perfect matches for each other and as a result tradition and dogma rules. What happens with pluralization is a breakdown of tradition, and a weakening of what can be understood as ’faith-based’ religion.  [Read more] ...