Alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority / edited by Carool Kersten, Susanne Olsson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kersten, Carool.

Olsson, Susanne.

Series:

Contemporary thought in the Islamic world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Authority--Religious aspects--Islam.

Authority.

Islamic modernism.

Islam--Doctrines.

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

ix, 206 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction: alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority / Carool Kersten and Susanne Olsson

Ijtihad and the derivation of new jurisprudence in contemporary shiʻism: the rulings of Ayatollah Bujnurdi / Liyakat Takim

Judicial and rational challenges of the jurist's rule / Mohammad Fazlhashemi

Muslims' perception of Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement: accommodating or hindering modern Turkey? / Zeki Saritoprak

A Turkish mahdi? Apocalypticism in Harun Yahya's daʻwa enterprise / Anne Ross Solberg

ʻAmr Khaled on individual proactivity / Susanne Olsson

Harmonious being: a space for an alternative way of exploring religion / Abdullah Hamidaddin

Islamic post-traditionalism: revisiting tradition and the future of Islam in Indonesia

Carool kersten

Women's agency in transforming religious discourse: gender-sensitive interpretations of Islam in Indonesia / Ann Kull

Treading a dangerous path? the use of Islam in women's rights advocacy / Nida Kirmani.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

140944130X

9781409441304

OCLC:

847529876

Publisher Number:

99958391695