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'Ulama', politics, and the public sphere : an Egyptian perspective / Meir Hatina.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hatina, Meir.
- Series:
- Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ulama--Egypt--History.
- Ulama.
- Islam--Egypt--History.
- Islam.
- Egypt--Politics and government.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The status of the Sunni Ulama (religious scholars) in modern times has attracted renewed academic interest, in light of their assertiveness regarding moral and sociopolitical issues on the Arab-Muslim agenda.
- Contents:
- Ulama and modernity : a reappraisal
- Part one. the Ulama of Egypt
- A historical sketch
- Modernization and protest
- Part two. Azharis and the Urabi revolt, 1881-1882
- Islam and dissidence
- In defense of religion and homeland
- Exile as a prism for cultural interaction
- Part three. confronting a changing world
- Debating Islam
- Al-Azhar and the Egyptian nation-state
- Ulama in the Middle East : a comparative perspective.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-238) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-977-5
- OCLC:
- 758389686
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