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Neo-traditionalism in Islam in the West : orthodoxy, spirituality and politics / Walaa Quisay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quisay, Walaa Hamed, 1992- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Western countries.
- Islam.
- Islam and civil society--Western countries.
- Islam and civil society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This text examines the salience of neo-traditionalism in Anglo-American Muslim communities, by tracing the scholarship and impact of the key public pedagogues (shaykhs) associated with this phenomenon - Hamza Yusuf, Abdal Hakim Murad, and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Professor Hasan al-Shafi’i
- Introduction
- STORIES OF DISENCHANTMENT
- 1 Locating the (Neo)Traditional
- 2 Modern Times
- PLACES OF RE-ENCHANTMENT
- 3 Travelers to Tradition
- 4 Formation of Authority and Conditions of Plausibility
- 5 The Metaphysical Lens
- 6 Race, Gender, and Belonging
- LOCATING NEO-TRADITIONALISM IN MODERNITY
- 7 The Sufi, the Palace, and the People
- 8 The Seekers, Politics, and Power
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 19, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781399502801
- 1399502808
- 9781399502795
- 1399502794
- OCLC:
- 1391081448
- Access Restriction:
- Open access. Unrestricted online access
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