Reformist voices of Islam mediating Islam and modernity /

• Other Authors: Hunter, Shireen.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2009.
• Subjects: Islam > 21st century.; Islamic renewal > Islamic countries.; Globalization > Religious aspects > Islam.; Religious awakening > Islam.; Islamic modernism.; Globalization.; Islam.; Islamic renewal.; Religious awakening.; RELIGION > History. > Islam; Globalisierung.; Kulturvergleich.; Reformbewegung.; Electronic books.; Islamische Staaten.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary; Dawsonera; https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://www.credoreference.com/book/sharperef
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 322 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-311) and index.
• ISBN: 9780765623249 (electronic bk.); 0765623242 (electronic bk.); 9781780345864 (online); 1780345860 (online)

Islamic radicalism has commanded attention in recent years, to the neglect of more moderate voices and trends. This volume introduces the current generation of reformist thinkers and activists and the intellectual traditions they carry on. Regionally focused chapters cover Iran, the Arab East, the Maghreb, South Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Europe, and North America. The book traces the roots of reformist thinking both in the Islamic tradition and as a response to the challenges of modernity, and identifies commonalities, comparisons, vulnerabilities, and trends of the modernizing movements.