In this Book
- Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism: Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East
- 2014
- Book
- Published by: Leuven University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

summary
Innovative research of ‘Islam at work’ in geographical and social contexts.
Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism presents a series of scholarly papers in relation to Islamic thinking, activism, and politics in both the West and the Middle East. The reader will apprehend that Islam is not the monolithic religion so often depicted in the media or (earlier) in the academic world. The Islamic world is more than a uniform civilization with a set of petrified religious prescriptions and an outdated view on political and social organization. The contributions show the dynamics of ‘Islam at work’ in different geographical and social contexts. By treating the working of Islamic thinking and of Islamic activism on a practical level, Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism includes innovative research and fills a significant gap in existing work.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- pp. 9-10
- Part I: Modern Islamic Thinking
- pp. 33-34
- Part II: Secularism, Islam and Public Sphere: Turkey and Egypt
- pp. 91-92
- Part III: Contemporary Islamic Social Activism
- pp. 143-144
- Conclusion
- pp. 197-198
- About the Authors
- pp. 213-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9789461661524
Related ISBN(s)
9789058679994
MARC Record
OCLC
900001795
Pages
214
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes