03327nam 2200625zu 450 991082017270332120230807213005.00-7486-3224-710.1515/9780748632244(CKB)3710000000876000(SSID)ssj0001613421(PQKBManifestationID)16338022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001613421(PQKBWorkID)14903073(PQKB)10759870(MiAaPQ)EBC5267310(MiAaPQ)EBC4737322(Au-PeEL)EBL5267310(CaONFJC)MIL969237(OCoLC)945765638(DE-B1597)615785(DE-B1597)9780748632244(EXLCZ)99371000000087600020160829d2015 uy engurcnu||||||||txtccrContemporary issues in Islam1st ed.[Place of publication not identified]Edinburgh University Press20151 online resource (232 pages)New Edinburgh Islamic surveys Contemporary issues in Islam Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7486-3276-X Contemporary Issues in Islam -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Negotiating the shoals of modernity -- 2 Engaging the Sharia: rereading the Qur'an andhadith -- 3 Islam and politics -- 4 Islam, gender and feminist hermeneutics -- 5 War and peacemaking in the Islamic tradition -- 6 American muslims and the expansion of the umma -- 7 Religious dialogue and interfaith relations -- Epilogue: looking to the future -- Select bibliography -- Index.This book deals with certain "hot-button" contemporary issues in Islam that are often the focus of public scrutiny, including the Sharia, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order to reveal their multiple interpretations and contested applications over time. Most public and some academic discourses however present the Islamic tradition as unchanging and therefore unable to respond to the modern world. Such an ahistorical approach fosters the belief that Muslim and Western societies are destined to clash with one another. In contrast, this book allows the reader to see the diversity and transformations within Islamic thought over time. Focusing on this internal diversity permits us to appreciate the scriptural and intellectual resources available within the Islamic tradition for responding to the challenges of modernity, even as it interrogates and shapes modernity itself.Islam21st centuryIslam and politicsMiddle EastHILCCRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCIslamIslam and politicsMiddle EastRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & Archaeology939.4-956Afsaruddin Asma696649PQKBBOOK9910820172703321Contemporary issues in Islam3947911UNINA