ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book summarizes the imperative of adopting a creative and critical approach to knowledge by means of epistemological and methodological openness. The possibility of epistemological, moral, and ethical progress; the imperative of the gender justice and non-patriarchal interpretations of Islam as examples of rediscovering the ethical in Islamic law. The book discusses the Islamic tradition, if approached and conceptualized in harmony with these imperatives, has the necessary intellectual resources to turn them into a tangible and concrete reality. The Islamic tradition can serve as a catalyst for hope and moral progress, and it can play a dynamic role in treating the social ailments that afflict the collective Muslim psyche. However, this all depends on the meaning or kind of Islamicates that are understood and pursued by contemporary Muslims. The book explains many of the progressive Muslim scholars whose scholarship embodies the imperatives of progressive Islam.
