Contemporary issues in Islam / Asma Afsaruddin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Afsaruddin, Asma, 1958- author.

Series:

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

viii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Examines a range of issues in Islam, placing them within a larger historical context as well as discussing their contemporary significance.

Asma Afsaruddin explores how Islamic concepts have evolved and transformed over time, both in how they are defined and how they are applied. Afsaruddin follows certain concepts, like jihad (holy war) and shahada (martyrdom), and explains how they have been understood in different historical circumstances. By analysing biographical dictionaries from different times, such as Ibn Hajars in the 14th century, she plots the changes in how society viewed womens roles. And she investigates the historicity of claims made by Islamists today that their version of political Islam goes back to the first century of Islam by surveying early historical, political and hadith works.

Contents:

Negotiating the shoals of modernity

Engaging the Sharia : rereading the Quʼran and hadith

Islam and politics

Islam, gender and feminist hermeneutics

War and peacemaking in the Islamic tradition

American Muslims and the expansion of the umma

Religious dialogue and interfaith relations

Epilogue : looking to the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.

ISBN:

9780748632763

074863276X

9780748632770

0748632778

OCLC:

884243228