Dynamic Islam : liberal Muslim perspectives in a transnational age / Jon Armajani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armajani, Jon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic renewal.

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Islamic modernism.

Physical Description:

ix, 235 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Dallas : University Press of America, [2004]

Summary:

Dynamic Islam analyzes the lives and works of four of the most influential liberal diaspora Muslim intellectuals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries--Fatima Mernissi, Leila Ahmed, Fazlur Rahman, and Mohammed Arkoun. These prolific scholars are among the first generation of Muslims writing in Western languages who have intentionally directed their works toward audiences in the West, as well as the Muslim world. Jon Armajani examines the way these cutting-edge scholars have interpreted the Quran, Hadith, and Islamic history as they have constructed their visions for Islam in the modern world.

Contents:

2 Fatima Mernissi 15

3 Leila Ahmed 41

4 Fazlur Rahman 77

5 Mohammed Arkoun 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0761829679

OCLC:

57308565