Modernity, Its Crisis and Islamic Revivalism

Modernity is a global condition of an ongoing socio-cultural, economic, and political transformation human experience, with tradition or religion having no significant role to play. It the gradual decline in modernity through implementation principles secularism which has, according Islamic revivalists, plunged world into crisis jahiliyya (unGodliness). Revivalists sociologists such as Anthony Giddens (1991) call it “crisis modernity”. In response, many revivalist movements have emerged address this condition. The Iranian Revolution 1978–1979 gave boost existing inspired appear anew. phenomenon contemporary revivalism religious transformative response modernity—i.e., inability process secularization fulfill promise delivering model perfect order. Contemporary not anti-modernity but against thus attempt steer out its comprehensive robust Islamization—the widespread introduction rituals, practices, socio-cultural economic processes, institutional developments pattern modern everyday living—and transforming from dar al-harb (abode war) al-Islam peace). paper argues that complex heterogeneous seeking prevailing finding Islam universal blueprint life. further based reaction negative consequences modernity, particularly secularism, carving space for itself modernity.