Muslim modernities : expressions of the civil imagination / edited by Amyn B. Sajoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sajoo, Amyn B.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic modernism.

Islam and civil society.

Islam and culture.

Pluralism.

Transnationalism.

Islamic renewal.

Islamic sociology.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

xiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Taurus, 2008.

Contents:

2 Scripture, History and Modernity: Readings of the Qur'an / Bruce B. Lawrence 25

3 Heroic Themes: An Invitation to Muslim Worlds / John Renard 51

4 An Andalusian Modernity in Narratives of Women / Hasna Lebbady 73

5 Civil Sounds: The Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia / Theodore Levin, Fairouz R. Nishanova 93

6 Forbidden Modernities: Islam in Public / Nilufer Gole 119

7 Revivalism and the Enclave Society / Bryan S. Turner 137

8 Modern Citizenship, Multiple Identities / Eva Schubert 161

9 Globalization, Civil Imagination and Islamic Movements / Kevin McDonald 183

10 Reimagining the Civil: Pluralism and Its Discontents / Amyn B. Sajoo 207.

Notes:

Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845118723

1845118723

OCLC:

230951930