Reclaiming Islamic tradition : modern interpretations of the classical heritage / edited by Elisabeth Kendall and Ahmad Khan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kendall, Elisabeth, Author.

Contributor:

Kendall, Elisabeth, editor.

Khan, Ahmad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic renewal.

Islam--History.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book profiles some of the fundamental debates that have defined the conversation between the past and the present in the Islamic world, including: Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic law, gender, violence and eschatology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Contributors

Introduction

1 Modern Shiʿite Legal Theory and the Classical Tradition

2 Muªammad Nā‚īr al-Dīn al-Albānī and Traditional Hadith Criticism

3 Islamic Tradition in an Age of Print: Editing, Printing and Publishing the Classical Heritage

4 Reaching into the Obscure Past: The Islamic Legal Heritage and Reform in the Modern Period

5 Reading Sūrat al-Anʿām with Mu`ammad Rashīd Riḑā and Sayyid Quṭb

6 Contemporary Iranian Interpretations of the Qurʾan and Tradition on Women’s Testimony

7 Ibn Taymiyya between Moderation and Radicalism

8 The Impact of a Sixteenth-Century Jihad Treatise on Colonial and Modern India

9 Jihadist Propaganda and its Exploitation of the Arab Poetic Tradition

10 Contemporary Salafi Literature on Paradise and Hell: The Case of ʿUmar Sulaymān al-Ashqar

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-1515-6

1-4744-0312-3

OCLC:

1301548781