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.
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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 M...

Table of Contents:

• Tamara Sonn.
• Farhad Khosrokhavar
• - Voices of reformist Islam in the United States /
• Recep Șentürk
• - Reformist and moderate voices in European Islam /
• Farish A. Noor
• - Islamic reformist discourse and intellectuals in Turkey: permanent religion with dynamic law /
• Martin van Bruinessen
• - Reformist Muslim thinkers in Malaysia: engaging with power to uplight the Umma? /
• Yahia H. Zoubir
• - Islamic modernist and reformist discourse in South Asia /
• Hassan Hanafi
• - Reformist Islamic thinkers in the Maghreb: toward an Islamic age of enlightenment? /
• Shireen T. Hunter
• - Reformist and moderate voices of Islam in the Arab East /
• Islamic reformist discourse in Iran: proponents and prospects /