Islam in Transition
Muslim Perspectives
2nd Edition
Published on 9. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-19-517431-1 (ISBN)
Description
9/11 and continued acts of global terrorism from Madrid to Bali have challenged the understanding of academic experts, students, and policymakers, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Critical questions have been raised about Islam and Muslim politics in the modern world: Are Islam and modernity compatible?; Is Islam compatible with modernization: with nationalism, secularism, economic development and democracy?; Is Islam in need of and capable of reform?; what does Islam and what do Muslims have to say about globalization, democracy, human rights, women, jihad, violence, terrorism, and suicide bombing. This updated and expanded second edition of Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives includes more than 50% new materials with representative selections from diverse Muslim voices, moderates and extremists, traditionalists and reformers, from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, Europe to America.
Reviews / Votes
Advance Praise: "Islam in Transition includes a wide range of opinions written by Muslim intellectuals over two centuries, undercutting students' stereotypes of Islam as a monolithic religion. The book is both comprehensive and diverse--chronologically, geographically, and intellectually. Islam in Transition . . . fills a void--although there are many primary source readers instructors can use for courses on Islam and IslamicCivilization, there are not many readers in print for courses on the modern Middle East."--Corrine Blake, Rowan University
"The best thing about this book is that it covers a wide range of modern Muslim thinkers and allows them to speak for themselves. I know of no other book like it."--Jamal J. Elias, Amherst College
Advance Praise: "Islam in Transition includes a wide range of opinions written by Muslim intellectuals over two centuries, undercutting students' stereotypes of Islam as a monolithic religion. The book is both comprehensive and diverse--chronologically, geographically, and intellectually. Islam in Transition . . . fills a void--although there are many primary source readers instructors can use for courses on Islam and Islamic
Civilization, there are not many readers in print for courses on the modern Middle East."--Corrine Blake, Rowan University
"The best thing about this book is that it covers a wide range of modern Muslim thinkers and allows them to speak for themselves. I know of no other book like it."--Jamal J. Elias, Amherst College
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate and graduate Islam, Middle Eastern history, political Islam courses.
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
796 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-517431-1 (9780195174311)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
02/1982
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€21.07
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Persons
Edited by John J. Donohue, Director of the Center for the Study of the Modern Arab World, St. Joseph's University, Beirut and John L. Esposito, University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Editor
Director of the Center for the Study of the Modern Arab WorldDirector of the Center for the Study of the Modern Arab World, St. Joseph's University, Beirut
University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian UnderstandingUniversity Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Content
*=NEW TO THIS EDITION; INTRODUCTION; I. EARLY RESPONSES: CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY; II. ISLAM AND THE MODERN STATE; ISLAM AND NATIONALISM; ISLAM AND SOCIALISM; ISLAM IN THE CONTEMPORARY SECULAR STATE; III. ISLAM AND SOCIAL CHANGE; THE MODERNIZATION OF ISLAMIC LAW; ISLAM AND ECONOMICS; IV. ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES; ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY; ISLAM AND THE WEST: CLASH AND DIALOGUE; JIHAD DEFINED AND REDEFINED; GLOBAL VOICES: ISSUES OF IDENTITY