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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777997403321

Titolo

Reformist voices of Islam : mediating Islam and modernity / / Shireen T. Hunter, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-46123-1

1-315-70123-5

1-317-46124-X

1-282-11964-8

9786612119644

1-78034-586-0

0-7656-2324-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HunterShireen

Disciplina

297.09/0511

Soggetti

Islam - 21st century

Islamic renewal - Islamic countries

Globalization - Religious aspects - Islam

Religious awakening - Islam

Islamic modernism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reformist Voices of Islam; Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Islamic Reformist Discourse in Iran: Proponents and Prospects; 2 Reformist and Moderate Voices of Islam in the Arab East; 3 Reformist Islamic Thinkers in the Maghreb: Toward an Islamic Age of Enlightenment?; 4 Islamic Modernist and Reformist Discourse in South Asia; 5 Liberal and Progressive Voices in Indonesian Islam; 6 Reformist Muslim Thinkers in Malaysia: Engaging with Power to Uplift the Umma?; 7 Islamic Reformist Discourses and Intellectuals in Turkey: Permanent Religion with Dynamic Law

8 Reformist and Moderate Voices in European Islam9 Voices of Reformist Islam in the United States; Conclusions and Prospects; Selected Bibliography; Index of Names; About the Editor and



Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This compelling volume introduces the current generation of moderate reformist thinkers and activists within Islam, the intellectual traditions they carry on, and the reasons why reformist movements have been overshadowed by fundamentalist, revolutionary, and jihadist movements in the Islamic world today.