Islam in the Modern World.

Islam in the Modern World.

This comprehensive introduction explores the landscape of contemporary Islam. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, it:provides broad overviews of the developments, events, people and movements that have defined Islam in the three majority-Muslim regionstraces the connections between traditio...

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Main Author: Kenney, Jeffrey T.
Other Authors: Moosa, Ebrahim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Religions in the modern world.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Islam > 21st century.
Islam > 20th century.
Islam
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Modernity and the Study of Islam; Structure of the volume; Traditions and transformations; Themes and trends; Case Studies; The current moment; Part I: Traditions and transformations; 1. Scripture in the modern Muslim world: the Quran and Hadith; Introduction: modernity and the global challenge to scripture; The pre-modern heritage of scripture in Islam; Setting the stage for modern Islamic thought.
  • Modern Muslim schools of thought on scriptureIslamic modernists; Modernist Salafis; Traditionalist Salafis; Late Sunni traditionalists; Conclusion; 2. Ethical landscape: laws, norms, and morality; Outline; Introduction; Everyday life; Global debates; The family; Sexuality and intimacy; Innovation; Conclusion; 3. Governance and government; Outline; The challenges of governance; Appeal to religious law; Religious leadership; Religious community: Ulama, Sufis, Islamists; Ulama; Sufis; Islamists; Variation in national response; Conclusion.
  • 4. From Isfahan to the Internet: Islamic Theology in the Global VillageFoundations of modern Islamic theology; Nineteenth-century theology: Afghani and 'Abduh; "Islam is the answer": Islamist theologies in thetwentieth century; Shi'a theologies of revival and reform; Islamic theology and Muslim minorities; Feminist theologies: Islamist and liberal reformist; Postscript: modern Islamic theology in the global village; 5. Piety and Devotion; Spiritual intermediaries; Sufism defined and in history; Criticisms of Sufism; European Orientalist views of Sufism; Sufism and colonialism.
  • Distinctive local histories of SufismGlobalization and Sufism; New Sufi-style teachings; Women Sufi leaders; US political interest in Sufism; 6. The Multiple Faces of Islamic Education in a Secular Age; The notion of education in the Islamic tradition: the pre-modern context; The rupture of modern times: the distinction between secular and religious knowledge; Reforming education: bringing Islam into the world; The crucial role of religious education in the wider reforms of education; The loss of legitimacy and the transformation of Islamic education.
  • The transformation of contents and the expansion of religious education: a new hybrid?State reforms and the marginalization of Islamic education; The domestication of Islam and the quest for autonomy; New religious authorities and the expansion of Islamic knowledge; Islamic education's reputation after 9/11; Part II: Themes and trends; 7. Women and gender in the Muslim world; Outline; Nationalism and women; Women, Islamist movements, and family law; Patterns of women's social participation; Conclusions: women's rights campaigns in the Muslim world; 8. #Islam, social networking and the cloud.

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