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Islam in Transition Muslim Perspectives

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ISBN-10: 0195174313

ISBN-13: 9780195174311

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: John J. Donohue, John L. Esposito

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9/11 and continued acts of global terrorism from Madrid to Bali have challenged the understanding of academic experts, students, and policymakers, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Critical questions have been raised about Islam and Muslim politics in the modern world: Are Islam and modernity compatible?; Is Islam compatible with modernization: with nationalism, secularism, economic development and democracy?; Is Islam in need of and capable of reform?; what does Islam and what do Muslims have to say about globalization, democracy, human rights, women, jihad, violence, terrorism, and suicide bombing. This updated and expanded second edition of Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives includes…    
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List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Preface
Introduction: Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives
Early Responses: Crisis and the Search for Identity
Fatherland and Patriotism
An Islamic Response to Imperialism
Islamic Solidarity
Islam, Reason, and Civilization
The Caliphate and the Bases of Power
India and English Government
Islam: The Religion of Reason and Nature
Islam and the Modern State
Islam and Nationalism
Patriotism, Nationalism, and Group Spirit in Islam
Our Decline and Its Causes
Muslim Unity and Arab Unity
The Future of Culture in Egypt
The New Renaissance
Islam and Arab Nationalism
A Separate Muslim State in the Subcontinent
Nationalism and Islam
Islam and Socialism
Socialism and Islam
The Third Way
The Arab Personality Between Past and Present
A Criticism of Religious Thought
Islamic Socialism
Social Justice in Islam
Islam and the Socialist Revolution
The Concept of Islamic Socialism
Islam in the Contemporary Secular State
Contemporary Arab Ideology
Islam, Reform, and the New Arab Man
Islam vs. Marxism and Capitalism
Islam in Secular India
Islam and Secularism
Islam and Social Change
Modernization of Islamic Law
Adaptation of Islamic Jurisprudence to Modern Social Needs
The Reinterpretation of Islam
Rights and Roles of Woman
The Political Competence of Women in Islamic Law
Reforming Islam and Islamic Law
On the Future of Women and Politics in the Arab World
Chronology of a Struggle for Equal Rights
Reform of Islamic Law: The Changing Status of Women and the Family
The Modernist Majority Report
The Minority Report
The Islamic Veil (Hijab)
Bio-ethics
Human Procreation
Islam and Economics
The Characteristics of Islamic Economics
Islam and the Challenge of Economic Development
The Islamic Welfare State
The Psychological Role of Islam in Economic Development
Islam and Contemporary Issues
Islam and Democracy
Political Theory of Islam
The Participation of Islamists in a Non-Islamic Government
Political Pluralism from an Islamic Perspective
Shura and Democracy
Democracy or Shuracracy
Why Democracy, and Why Now?
Tolerance and Governance: A Discourse on Religion and Democracy
Compatibility: Neither Required nor an Issue
Islam and the West: Clash and Dialogue
Islamic Government
The Need for Civilizational Dialogue
The Crisis of the Arab Intellectual: Traditionalism or Historicism?
Islamic Culture in Danger
On Martyrdom (Shahadat)
Dialogue Between East and West
Reflections on Islam and the West: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Poverty of Fanaticism
Jihad Defined and Redefined
Jihad and the Modern World
Jihad in the Cause of God
The Forgotten Duty
Join the Caravan
Text of Fatwa Urging Jihad Against Americans (1989)
The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS
On the Political Utility of Using Armed Violence
We Must Think Before We Act; September 11 Was a Gift to the U.S. Administration
Islam and Violence: Our Forgotten Legacy
Jihad
Terrorism
Suicide Bombings and Martyrdom
Global Voices: Issues of Identity
The Arab World and the Muslims Faced with Their Contradictions
Islam and the Malay Civilizational Identity: Tension and Harmony Between Ethnicity and Religiosity
Islamic Faith and the Problem of Pluralism: Relations Among the Believers
Reason and Individual Reasoning
Human History as Divine Revelation: A Dialogue