Ulama in Contemporary Islam Custodians of Change

Name: Ulama in Contemporary Islam Custodians of Change
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ISBN: 9780691130705

ISBN-10: 0691130701

ISBN-13: 9780691130705

Edition: 2002 (Annotated)

Authors: Muhammad Qasim Zaman

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From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the `ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the `ulama have undergone in the modern era--transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Islamic Law and the 'Ulama in Colonial India: A Legal Tradition in Transition



Constructions of Authority



The Rhetoric of Reform and the Religious Sphere



Conceptions of the Islamic State



Refashioning Identities



Religiopolitical Activism and the 'Ulama: Comparative Perspectives


Epilogue: The 'Ulama in the Twenty-First Century


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index