LEADER 04505nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910785417003321 005 20220416000723.0 010 $a1-282-96468-2 010 $a9786612964688 010 $a1-4008-3751-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837519 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066372 035 $a(EBL)646770 035 $a(OCoLC)730903701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520201 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520201 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10507800 035 $a(PQKB)10944204 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36725 035 $a(DE-B1597)447009 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880020 035 $a(OCoLC)979749577 035 $a(OCoLC)984688353 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL646770 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442063 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC646770 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066372 100 $a20020123d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ulama in contemporary Islam$b[electronic resource] $ecustodians of change /$fMuhammad Qasim Zaman 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in Muslim politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-09680-5 311 0 $a0-691-13070-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tI. Islamic Law and the 'Ulama in Colonial India: A Legal Tradition in Transition --$tII. Constructions of Authority --$tIII. The Rhetoric of Reform and the Religious Sphere --$tIV. Conceptions of the Islamic State --$tV. Refashioning Identities --$tVI. Religiopolitical Activism and the 'Ulama: Comparative Perspectives --$tEpilogue. The 'Ulama in the Twenty-First Century --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFrom the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the `ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the `ulama have undergone in the modern era--transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the contemporary world. While focusing primarily on Pakistan, Zaman takes a broad approach that considers the Taliban and the `ulama of Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, and the southern Philippines. He shows how their religious and political discourses have evolved in often unexpected but mutually reinforcing ways to redefine and enlarge the roles the `ulama play in society. Their discourses are informed by a longstanding religious tradition, of which they see themselves as the custodians. But these discourses are equally shaped by--and contribute in significant ways to--contemporary debates in the Muslim public sphere. This book offers the first sustained comparative perspective on the `ulama and their increasingly crucial religious and political activism. It shows how issues of religious authority are debated in contemporary Islam, how Islamic law and tradition are continuously negotiated in a rapidly changing world, and how the `ulama both react to and shape larger Islamic social trends. Introducing previously unexamined facets of religious and political thought in modern Islam, it clarifies the complex processes of religious change unfolding in the contemporary Muslim world and goes a long way toward explaining their vast social and political ramifications. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in Muslim politics. 606 $aUlama 606 $aMuslim scholars 615 0$aUlama. 615 0$aMuslim scholars. 676 $a297.6/1 700 $aZaman$b Muhammad Qasim$0661084 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785417003321 996 $aThe ulama in contemporary Islam$93750613 997 $aUNINA