Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface / Natana J. DeLong-Bas -- Part I. Revival and reform in the 18th and 19th centuries: setting the Islamic stage for the modern world: 1. The role of women in solidifying 18th century revival and reform initiatives into ongoing mass movements / Natana J. DeLong-Bas -- 2. The Neo-Sufi hadith interpretation in Shah Wali ̄Allah of Delhi's Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bālighah (The conclusive argument from God) Volume II / Marcia Hermansen -- Part II. Groups of scholars, networks, and education: Shifts from the center to local agency: 3. When does a ṭarīqa become a ṭarīqa? The story of a break-up / Knut Vikor -- 4. A flame of learning in the winds of change: notes on the history of the Majādhīb of al-Qaḍārif / Albrecht Hofheinz -- Part III. Setting the political stage for the modern Islamic world: 5. Relational history, the Long Great War, and the making of the modern Middle East / Jonathan Wyrtzen -- 6. Turkish liberal conceptions of the Caliphate, 1909-1924 / York Norman -- Part IV. Religion, revival, reform and globalization: a contemporary assessment: 7. Taking religion seriously in the study of Islamist movements / Shadi Hamid -- 8. Islamists and the state: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's evolving mission / Abdullah al-Arian -- Part V. Producing, presenting and consuming Islamic knowledge today: 9. A short history of modern Arab knowledge production on China / Shuang Wen -- 10. Muslim media preachers as agenda setters: teaching religion and promoting social change / Tuve Buchmann Floden -- 11. Music with a message: Maher Zain and the rise of awakening's new global sound / Sean Foley -- Contributor bios -- Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This edited volume examines the 18th century roots of the often-troubled marriage of politics and religion in the Muslim world and their impact on contemporary developments, including the globalization of Islam in the 21st century"--