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Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination
Amyn Sajoo
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Description for Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination
Hardback. Offers perspectives on what it is to be both modern and Muslim. This book provides insights into reconciling Islamic tradition and the modern world. It is suitable for scholars and advanced students of Islam, Middle East studies and policymakers. Editor(s): Sajoo, Amyn B. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 map, 2 charts, 4 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
How does Islam engage with the idea of the modern and with the contemporary world? How is Muslim tradition to be reconciled with a world in continuous flux and change? These questions lie at the heart of current discussions of the Islamic faith and of its doctrines, beliefs and practices. Engaging directly with such questions, this important volume discusses such key themes as identity and citizenship, piety and protest and music and modes of dress. Muslim as well as non-Muslim scholars explore how religiosity and tradition may both have an active role to play in the unfolding of what we ... Read more
How does Islam engage with the idea of the modern and with the contemporary world? How is Muslim tradition to be reconciled with a world in continuous flux and change? These questions lie at the heart of current discussions of the Islamic faith and of its doctrines, beliefs and practices. Engaging directly with such questions, this important volume discusses such key themes as identity and citizenship, piety and protest and music and modes of dress. Muslim as well as non-Muslim scholars explore how religiosity and tradition may both have an active role to play in the unfolding of what we ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845118723
SKU
V9781845118723
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About Amyn Sajoo
Amyn B Sajoo is a specialist in international human rights, civil society and public ethics. Prior to joining the Institute of Ismaili Studies in 2007, he lectured at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author and editor of Pluralism in Old Societies and New States (1994), Civil Society in the Muslim World (2001) and ... Read more
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