The hardship of the world and religion in Egypt

In order for religion to be a path leading to the renaissance, it must not exceed its natural size; because if it does, it turns, when it exceeds this, not into a social force driving progress, but into fanaticism and psychological collapse. Instead of turning religion into a social force, it at best turns into a means of spiritual salvation for the individual, each person trying to save himself alone from the fire, rather than joining efforts with others to rebuild the nation. The religiosity that builds the nation is the one that remains a part of life and does not swallow it whole. In this book, Dr. Jalal Amin discusses the historical roots of the Egyptian crisis in religion and worldly matters and their direct impact on the current difficulties faced by the Egyptian revolution. He analyzes the relationship between religion and democracy, the principles of majority and minority, modernization, and questions the possibility of establishing a true renaissance in the homeland under its current conditions. He also examines the relationship between religion and ethics, the difference between what is repeated in daily discourse and what actually happens on the ground, and concludes with the impact of consumerist thought on religion, and how all of this relates to the astonishing changes in the perception of the relationship between religion and worldly life.