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Book SynopsisAn introduction to and overview of the debates and questions emerging regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon, an historical perspective, and access to several manifestations of modernity in Muslim life.
Trade ReviewThis volume offers a good overview of the thematic discourse about contemporary issues of modernity in the Muslim world from various perspectives. -- Imtiyaz Yusuf 'There is no doubt that a textbook like this is urgently needed.' -- Dr Andreas Christmann, University of Manchester 'Has the potential for becoming the standard point of departure for understanding the profound changes in Islamic thought and practice in the modern world! No other book captures current debates with such effectiveness, also placing them in a historical context accessible to students, colleagues, and adventuresome general readers.' -- Professor Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College This volume offers a good overview of the thematic discourse about contemporary issues of modernity in the Muslim world from various perspectives. 'There is no doubt that a textbook like this is urgently needed.' 'Has the potential for becoming the standard point of departure for understanding the profound changes in Islamic thought and practice in the modern world! No other book captures current debates with such effectiveness, also placing them in a historical context accessible to students, colleagues, and adventuresome general readers.'
Table of ContentsPreface; Part 1 Conceptualising Modernity; 1. Tradition and Modernity within Islamic Civilisation and the West, Armando Salvatore; 2. Western Scholars of Islam on the Issue of Modernity, Muhammad Khalid Masud and Armando Salvatore; Part 2 Negotiating Modernity; 3. Political Modernity in the Middle East, Sami Zubaida; 4. Islam, Modernity and the Politics of Gender: Perspectives from the Middle East, Central Asia and Afghanistan, Deniz Kandiyoti; 5. Sufism, 'Popular' Islam and the Encounter with Modernity, Martin van Bruinessen; 6. Colonialism and Islamic Law, Ebrahim Moosa; Part 3 Debating Modernity; 7. The Reform Project in the Emerging Public Spheres, Armando Salvatore; 8. The Ulama and Contestations of Religious Authority under Modern Conditions, Muhammad Qasim Zaman; 9. Islamic Modernism, Muhammad Khalid Masud; 10. The Shifting Politics of Identity, Abdulkader Tayob; List of Contributors.
