Religion and State The Muslim Approach to Politics

Name: Religion and State The Muslim Approach to Politics
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ISBN: 9780231120395

ISBN-10: 0231120397

ISBN-13: 9780231120395

Edition: 2000

Authors: L. Brown

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This is an overview of religious & political ideas & practice in the Muslim majority world from the early Islamic centuries to the present. Brown depicts the diversity of Muslim belief, practice, & experience with comprehensiveness & style.

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



The Heritage



Setting the Stage: Islam and Muslims



Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in Comparative Perspective: An Overview



Muslim "Church Government"



The Historical Bases of Traditional Muslim and Christian Political Theory



Unity and Community



The Roots of Political Pessimism



Muslim Attitudes Toward the State: An Impressionistic Sketch



Convulsions of Modern Times



Islam and Politics in Modern Times: The Great Transformation



Meeting the Western Challenge: The Early Establishment Response



The Early Antiestablishment Response to the Western Challenge



From World War I to the 1960s: The Years of Muted Islamist Politics



The Return of Islam?



The Radical Muslim Discourse



Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and Qutb



Khomeini and Shi'ite Islamism


Conclusion


Notes


Islam and Politics Past and Present: A Bibliographical Essay


Works Cited


Index