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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Religions in the modern world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.