Islamic Reform and Conservatism Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam

Name: Islamic Reform and Conservatism Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam
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ISBN: 9781845119362

ISBN-10: 1845119363

ISBN-13: 9781845119362

Edition: 2009

Authors: Indira Falk Gesink

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The famed reform debates at al-Azhar Madrasa in nineteenth-century Cairo - one of the most influential centres of religious study in Sunni Islam - were enormously influential for twentieth-century Islamic thought. In this book Indira Gesink argues that narratives of these debates overemphasize the roles of famous modernists like Muhammad 'Abduh, obscuring important themes. By restoring conservative voices to the debate, she shows that conservative 'ulama engaged many of the same issues as reformers and led committees that generated and implemented reforms; ultimately, conservative leaders at al-Azhar provided crucial legitimacy for the reforms to become rooted in public life. Drawing on…

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List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration



Introduction



Religion and the State: Al-Azhar During Muhammad 'Alis' Rule



Order and Disorder: The Evolving Critique of Madrasa Education (1834-1870)



Progress, Nationalism, and the Negative Construction of al-Azhar 'Ulama (1870-1882)



A Conservative Defense of Taqlid



Efficiency, Mission, and the Meaning of 'Ilm (1882-1899)



The Syrian Riwaq Cholera Riot



Muhammad 'Abduh and Ijtihad



Who Reformed al-Azhar?



Conclusions


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index