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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453874703321

Titolo

Modernist Islam, 1840-1940 [[electronic resource] ] : a sourcebook / / edited by Charles Kurzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-280-83780-2

0-19-988250-9

0-19-803521-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KurzmanCharles

Disciplina

297.27

297/.09/04

Soggetti

Islamic renewal - History - 19th century

Islamic renewal - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Islamic countries Intellectual life 19th century

Islamic countries Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents by Region; Introduction; Section 1. Africa; Section 2. Iran/Afghanistan; Section 3. Ottoman Empire; Section 4. Russian Empire; Section 5. South Asia; Section 6. Southeast/East Asia; Glossary; Index of Qur'anic Citations; Index of Personal Names

Sommario/riassunto

Modernist Islam was a major intellectual current in the Muslim world during the 19th and 20th centuries. Proponents of this movement typically believed that it was not only possible but imperative to show how ""modern"" values and institutions could be reconciled with authentically Islamic ideals. This sourcebook brings together a broad range of writings on modernist Islam from across the Muslim world. It makes available for the first time in English the writings of many of the activists and intellectuals who made up the early modernist Islamic movement. Charles Kurzman and a team of section e