Muhammad Qasim Zaman

Modern Islamic Thought in a Radical Age

Religious Authority and Internal Criticism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores some of the most fiercely debated issues facing the Islamic world today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781107096455
• ISBN-10: 1107096456
• Artikelnr.: 36029126

Autorenporträt

Muhammad Qasim Zaman is Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University, New Jersey. He is the author of Religion and Politics under the Early Abbasids and The Ulama in Contemporary Islam, among other works.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Rethinking consensus
3. The language of Ijtihad
4. Contestations on the common good
5. Bridging traditions: madrasas and their internal critics
6. Women, law, and society
7. Socioeconomic justice
8. Denouncing violence: the ambiguities of a discourse
9. Epilogue: the paradoxes of internal criticism.