| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
New Edinburgh Islamic surveys
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New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book deals with certain ""hot-button"" contemporary issues in Islam that are often the focus of public scrutiny, including the Sharia, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order to reveal their multiple interpretations and contested applications over time. Most public and some academic discourses however present the Islamic tradition as unchanging and therefore unable to respond to the modern world. Such an ahistorical approach fosters the belief that Muslim and Western soc. |
| Contents |
Negotiating the shoals of modernity -- Engaging the Sharia : rereading the Quʼran and hadith -- Islam and politics -- Islam, gender and feminist hermeneutics -- War and peacemaking in the Islamic tradition -- American Muslims and the expansion of the umma -- Religious dialogue and interfaith relations -- Epilogue : looking to the future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islam -- History -- 21st century.
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Islam. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Islam and politics.
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Islam and politics. |
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Islamic law.
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Islamic law. |
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Women in Islam.
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Women in Islam. |
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Muslims -- United States.
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Muslims. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9780748695751 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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0748695753 |
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9780748632244 (electronic book) |
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0748632247 (electronic book) |
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