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ajiss-2319	Smith, Charles D.	Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World: Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996, xii + 370 pp.	1996.0	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2119	71	46	Abu-Rabi’ stresses Q q W s commitment to ijtihad as the basis of a “dynamicfiqh,” using the bases of Islamic thought and belief to both reject constructs based on Islamic philosophy and those reflecting western intel- lectual models; Islam should rely on what Abu-Rabi’ calls a new theology that has major ideological implications for Islamic society. Influenced by Foucault, he argues that the question of epistemo- logical acts and thresholds, of conceptual ruptures in the development of ideas, must be countered by the reality of continuities in Islamic thought, by the fact of an ongoing Islamic discourse whose exposition may change according to historical circumstances but whose essence and focus of con- cern remain constant (pp. 5-6).	cache/ajiss-2319.pdf	txt/ajiss-2319.txt