Islam in the world today : a handbook of politics, religion, culture, and society / edited by Werner Ende and Udo Steinbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ende, Werner, 1937-

Steinbach, Udo.

Standardized Title:

Islam in der Gegenwart. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Islam--21st century.

Islam--History.

Islam and state.

Islamic civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1134 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considered the most authoritative single-volume reference work on Islam in the contemporary world, the German-language Der Islam in der Gegenwart, currently in its fifth edition, offers a wealth of authoritative information on the religious, political, social, and cultural life of Islamic nations and of Islamic immigrant communities elsewhere. Now, Cornell University Press is making this invaluable resource accessible to English-language readers.More current than the latest German edition on which it is based, Islam in the World Today covers a comprehensive array of topics in concise essays by some of the world's leading experts on Islam, including:• the history of Islam from the earliest years through the twentieth century, with particular attention to Sunni and Shi'i Islam and Islamic revival movements during the last three centuries;• data on the advance of Islam along with current population statistics;• Muslim ideas on modern economics, on social order, and on attempts to modernize Islamic law (shari'a) and apply it in contemporary Muslim societies;• Islam in diaspora, especially the situation in Europe and America;• secularism, democracy, and human rights; and• women in Islam Twenty-four essays are each devoted to a specific Muslim country or a country with significant Muslim minorities, spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.Additional essays illuminate Islamic culture, exploring local traditions; the languages and dialects of Muslim peoples; and art, architecture, and literature. Detailed bibliographies and indexes ensure the book's usefulness as a reference work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Part One: Historical Expansion, Political and Religious History

I. The World of Islam: A Brief Historical Survey / Busse, Heribert

II. Sunni Islam / Radtke, Bernd

III. Shi'i Islam / Ende, Werner

IV. Revivalist Movements in Islam from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century and the Role of Islam in Modern History: Anticolonialism and Nationalism / Peters, Rudolph

V. The Distribution of Muslims throughout the World: Figures and Information on the Present Situation / Heine, Peter / Spielhaus, Riem

Part Two: The Political Role of Islam in the Present

I. The Intra-Islamic Discussion on a Modern Economic and Social System / Reissner, Johannes

II. Islamic Economics in Practice: Interest-Free Financial Management / Nienhaus, Volker

III. Developments in Law / Ebert, Hans-Georg

IV. The Status of Islam and Islamic Law in Selected Countries

1. Turkey / Spuler-Stegemann, Ursula

2. Iran / Steinbach, Udo

3. Afghanistan / Poya, Abbas

4. Russia, the Islamic Republics of the Caucasus, and Central Asia / Freitag-Wirmingshaus, Rainer

5. The People's Republic of China / Heberer, Thomas

6. India / Ahmed, Munir D.

7. Pakistan / Durán, Khálid / Ahmed, Munir D.

8. Bangladesh / Harder, Hans

9. Southeast Asia / Schumann, Olaf

10. Maghreb / Kogelmann, Franz

11. The Independent States of Sub-Saharan Africa / Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. / Loimeier, Roman

12. The Islamization of Sub-Saharan Africa / Müller, Hans

13. Horn of Africa / Müller, Hans

14. Libya / Mattes, Hanspeter

15. Egypt / Flores, Alexander

16. Sudan / Mattes, Hanspeter

17. Israel and the Occupied Territories / Philipp, Thomas

18. Syria / Christmann, Andreas

19. Iraq / Fürtig, Henner

20. Jordan / Dieterich, Renate

21. Lebanon / Havemann, Axel

22. Saudi Arabia / Steinberg, Guido

23. The Small Gulf States / Niethammer, Katja

24. Yemen / Glosemeyer, Iris

V. The Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America

1. Western Europe / Landman, Nico

2. France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany / Landman, Nico

3. Eastern and Southeastern Europe / Kandler, Hermann

4. The Americas / Wohlrab-Sahr, Monika

VI. The Discussion within Islam on Secularism, Democracy, and Human Rights / Flores, Alexander

VII. The Situation of Women in Islamic Countries / Walther, Wiebke

VIII. Islamist Groups and Movements / Steinberg, Guido / Hartung, Jan-Peter

IX. Mystical Brotherhoods and Popular Islam / De Jong, Frederick

X. Sects and Special Groups / Schmucker, Werner

XI. Islam and Non-Islamic Minorities / Pink, Johanna

XII. International Islamic Organizations / Reissner, Johannes

Part Three: Present-Day Islamic Culture and Civilization

I. "Orientalistics" and Orientalism / Schulze, Reinhard

II. Islam and Cultural Self-Assertion / Wielandt, Rotraud

III. Islam and Local Traditions / Schumann, Olaf / Brakel, Lode Frank

IV. Is There an Islamic Linguistic Sphere? / Jastrow, Otto

V. Islam Reflected in the Contemporary Literature of Muslim Peoples / Bürgel, Johann Christoph

VI. Contemporary Painting and Graphic Art in the Islamic World / Heine, Peter

VII. Contemporary "Islamic" Architecture and Representational Art / Scharabi, Mohamed

Notes

Bibliography

About the Authors

Name Index

Subject index

Geographical Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780801464898

0801464897

9780801464836

0801464838

OCLC:

769190460