Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islamic scholarly tradition and to articulate its authority in an age of momentous religious and political change. In this authoritative biography, Muhammad Qasim Zaman offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of Thanawi¿s multifaceted career and thought, whilst also providing a valuable introduction to Islam in modern South Asia.
Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islamic scholarly tradition and to articulate its authority in an age of momentous religious and political change. In this authoritative biography, Muhammad Qasim Zaman offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of Thanawi¿s multifaceted career and thought, whilst also providing a valuable introduction to Islam in modern South Asia.
Muhammad Qasim Zaman is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion, Princeton University. He is the author of Schooling Islam: Modern Muslim Education.
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Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Other Conventions
INTRODUCTION Contestation in the religious sphere Contrasting trajectories
1 LIFE The intellectual milieu of Deoband A madrasa career A spiritual crisis? At the Sufi lodge The Khanaqah¿s scholars Overlapping communities
2 MUSLIM NATIONHOOD Indian politics in the early twentieth century Thanawi and the Khilafat Movement Muslim separatism in India The prophet and the king
3 COLONIAL LAW Apostasy in British India The Consummate Stratagem The fight against custom Conflicting authorities
4 SUFISM IN A TIME OF CHANGE The Sufi and the jurist The rhetoric of reconciliation Ambiguity and flexibility Training the wayfarer A shared language
5 THE AMBIGUITIES OF A LEGACY Sufism Law Politics Thanawi and the Deobandi scholarly tradition
Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Other Conventions
INTRODUCTION Contestation in the religious sphere Contrasting trajectories
1 LIFE The intellectual milieu of Deoband A madrasa career A spiritual crisis? At the Sufi lodge The Khanaqah¿s scholars Overlapping communities
2 MUSLIM NATIONHOOD Indian politics in the early twentieth century Thanawi and the Khilafat Movement Muslim separatism in India The prophet and the king
3 COLONIAL LAW Apostasy in British India The Consummate Stratagem The fight against custom Conflicting authorities
4 SUFISM IN A TIME OF CHANGE The Sufi and the jurist The rhetoric of reconciliation Ambiguity and flexibility Training the wayfarer A shared language
5 THE AMBIGUITIES OF A LEGACY Sufism Law Politics Thanawi and the Deobandi scholarly tradition
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