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The ulama in contemporary Islam : custodians of change /
"From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Islamic law and the 'Ulama in colonial India: a legal tradition in transition
- Constructions of authority
- The rhetoric of reform and the religious sphere
- Conceptions of the Islamic state
- Refashioning identities
- Religiopolitical activism and the 'Ulama: comparative perspectives
- Epilogue: The 'Ulama in the twenty-first century.