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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.27; 297/.09/04
• Soggetto topico: Islamic renewal - History - 19th century; Islamic renewal - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic countries Intellectual life 19th century; Islamic countries Intellectual life 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KurzmanCharles
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Modernist Islam, 1840-1940
• ISBN: 1-280-83780-2; 0-19-988250-9; 0-19-803521-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453874703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II