Bibliograph

Reformist voices of Islam, mediating Islam and modernity, Shireen T. Hunter, editor

Type

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Reformist voices of Islam, mediating Islam and modernity, Shireen T. Hunter, editor

Language

eng

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

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reformist voices of Islam

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

503447251

Responsibility statement

Shireen T. Hunter, editor

Sub title

mediating Islam and modernity

Table Of 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 Senturk -- Reformist and moderate voices in European Islam / Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Voices of reformist Islam in the United States / Tamara Sonn

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