{"product_id":"innovation-in-islam-9780520266957","title":"Innovation in Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? And why have the opponents of innovation found their message so resonant with ordinary Muslims? This volume offers analyses of the history, causes, and consequences to innovation in Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Splendid collection of provocative essays.\" Islam And Civilisational Renewal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments  1. Contextualizing: Innovation in Islam Mehran Kamrava  Part I: The Intellectual Process 2. Knowledge and Hermeneutics in Islam Today: Which Reform? Tariq Ramadan  3. Deconstructing Episteme(s) Mohammed Arkoun  4. Iranian Shi'ism at the Gates of Historic Change Mehran Kamrava  Part II: The Arts and Letters 5. History from Below, Dictionary from Below Nelly Hanna  6. The Translation of the Qur'an: An Impossible Task  The Classical Linguistic-Theological Roots of the Debate Nasr Abu-Zayd  7. Toward a New Understanding of Renewal in Islam Adonis  8. Creation, Originality, and Innovation in Sufi Poetry Patrick Laude  9. Innovation in the Visual Arts of Islam Walter B. Denny  Part III: Islam in the Modern World 10. Liberal\/Progressive, Modern, and Modernized Islam: Muslim Americans and the American State Sherman A. Jackson  11. Hijab and Choice: Between Politics and Theology Ziba Mir-Hosseini  12. Modern Movements in Islam John O. Voll  List of Contributors Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402848313687,"sku":"9780520266957","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/innovation-in-islam-9780520266957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}