Reformist voices of Islam [electronic resource] : mediating Islam and modernity
2012
Book
Abstract: 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.
Main title:
Reformist voices of Islam [electronic resource] : mediating Islam and modernity / Shireen T. Hunter, editor.
Imprint:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2009 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (17 entries) : 3 images, digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxii, 322 p. : ill.
Contents:
Islamic reformist discourse in Iran: proponents and prospects / Shireen T. Hunter -- Reformist and moderate voices of Islam in the Arab East / Hassan Hanafi -- Reformist Islamic thinkers in the Maghreb: toward an Islamic age of enlightenment? / Yahia H. Zoubir -- Islamic modernist and reformist discourse in South Asia / Martin van Bruinessen -- Reformist Muslim thinkers in Malaysia: engaging with power to uplight the Umma? / Farish A. Noor -- Islamic reformist discourse and intellectuals in Turkey: permanent religion with dynamic law / Recep S̄entürk -- Reformist and moderate voices in European Islam / Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Voices of reformist Islam in the United States / Tamara Sonn.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
0765622386 (cloth alk paper)9781780345864 (online)9780765622389 (cloth alk paper)
Dewey class:
297.090511
LC class:
BP163
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502466
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