Blurb:

After providing a set of definitions to understand the rather vague concept of “modernity,” this chapter seeks to discuss how Islam has responded to modernity using a framework that involves “maximalism” and “minimalism.” The former seeks to assert Islamic values to confront what are perceived to be the pernicious influence of the modern world. The latter, by contrast, often seeks to accommodate certain aspects of the tradition to modernity. This framework helps us to appreciate that there is no simple Islamic response, but sets of responses. These include nationalist, so-called fundamentalist, and modernist approaches.