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Reconfiguring Islamic tradition : reform, rationality, and modernity /

"Samira Raj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers - Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhah (1703-1787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) - each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haj, Samira, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Cultural memory in the present.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Islamic reform tradition
  • Rethinking Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab
  • Islamic reconfiguration of colonial modernity
  • Governable Muslim subjects
  • Love and marriage
  • Conclusion.