Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism : Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East / Erkan Toguslu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toguslu, Erkan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Innovative research of 'Islam at work' in geographical and social contexts. 'Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism' presents a series of scholarly papers in relation to Islamic thinking, activism, and politics in both the West and the Middle East. The reader will apprehend that Islam is not the monolithic religion so often depicted in the media or (earlier) in the academic world. The Islamic world is more than a uniform civilization with a set of petrified religious prescriptions and an outdated view on political and social organization. The contributions show the dynamics of 'Islam at work' in different geographical and social contexts. By treating the working of Islamic thinking and of Islamic activism on a practical level, 'Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism' includes innovative research and fills a significant gap in existing work.

Contents:

1 Contemporary Islamic Activism and Muslims / Erkan Toguslu Toguslu, Erkan, Johan Leman Leman, Johan 9

Part I Modern Islamic Thinking

2 Fethullah Gülen, Tariq Ramadan and Yusuf al-Qaradawi: the pluralisation of Islamic Knowledge / Erkan Toguslu Toguslu, Erkan 33

3 Tariq Ramadan and Abdullahi An-Na'im's Islamic gender reform in the Brussels Moroccan community / Thierry Limpens Limpens, Thierry 51

4 The Contribution of Sufism to the Construction of Contemporary Europe's Islam / Eric Geoffroy Geoffroy, Eric 77

Part II Secularism, Islam and Public Sphere: Turkey and Egypt

5 Post Secularism, Post-Islamism and Islam in the Public Sphere / Ihsan Yilmaz Yilmaz, Ihsan 91

6 The Arab Revolutions and Islamic Civil Society / Emilio Giuseppe Platti Platti, Emilio Giuseppe 101

7 The Muslim Brotherhood and the Democratic Experience in Egypt / Roel Meijer Meijer, Roel 127

Part III Contemporary Islamic Social Activism

8 Social Work, Poverty, Inequality and Social Safety Nets: Voluntary Welfare Organizations / Jonathan Benthall Benthall, Jonathan 143

9 Tradition and Modernity in Social Islam: the Case of Muslim NGOs in Jordan / Egbert Harmsen Harmsen, Egbert 161

10 Fighting Poverty with Kimse Yok Mu / Thomas Michel Michel, Thomas 183

Conclusion

11 Translocality and Hybridization in Current Modern Islamic Activism / Erkan Toguslu Toguslu, Erkan, Johan Leman Leman, Johan 197.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102269

ISBN:

9789058679994

Publisher Number:

10.11116/MITA_CII

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access