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Book SynopsisThe authoritative reference study on the work of Mohammed Arkoun, The Construction of Belief is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam, Muslim societies and cultures, modernity, religious studies, philosophy and semantics.
Table of ContentsContents Professor Mohammed Arkoun (1928C2010) Preface: Situating Arkoun Abdou Filali-Ansary 1. Mohammed Arkoun: A Personal Tribute and an Intellectual Assessment Aziz Esmail 2. The Authenticity of Sacred Texts R. Stephen Humphreys 3. Constructing Islam in the Classical +- Period: Maqalat Literature and the Seventy-two Sects +- Josef van Ess 4. Modern Discourses of Superiority: Muslims and Christians in Contact Stefan Wild 5. The Socio-economics of Tafsir: Egypt and the Heirs of Muhammad (R)Abduh Mark Sedgwick 6. Believing and Belonging: the Impact of Religion for Muslim +- Adolescents in a Pluralistic Society C Empirical Findings from Hamburg, Germany Ursula GA'nther 7. Veiling and Unveiling Muslim Women: State Coercion, Islam, and the (R)Disciplines of the Heart AZ Malika Zeghal 8. Coming to Believe: the (Elusive) Time of Conversion Souleymane Bachir Diagne 9. The Shadow of Terror on Distant Muslims Akeel Bilgrami 10. Citational Exegesis of the Qur AZan: Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Construction of Meaning in Classical Islamic Thought. The Case of the Epistles of the Pure Brethren; Omar Al*-de-Unzaga Afterword by Mohammed Arkoun, November 2009 at ISMC About the Contributors Index
