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1 online resource |
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Cambridge legal studies and Anderson's sense of the 'modern' -- Inter-war evangelicalism, Cambridge student missionary enthusiasm and Anderson's mission to evangelise Egypt -- Covert operations and nation-building in North Africa during World War II -- Nationalism, Protestant 'modernity' and the reform of Islamic law -- Christian missions in the 1950s -- 'Disinterested' scholarship, Arab nationalism and the study of Islamic law in Britain -- Nationalism and Islamic legal reform in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Nationalism and Islamic legal reform in Asia and East Africa -- Christian missions and Islam in the 1960s and 1970s -- The waning of 'secular' nationalism in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa |
| Summary |
Western Christians in the 20th century viewed Islam through a lens of social & political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval & early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways. J.N.D. Anderson, a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam, embodied this new orientation in his commitment to 'modernize' Islam. Anderson's engagement with Islam as a missionary, intelligence agent, scholar of Islamic law & advisor to various Muslim governments, spanned multiple decades & continents. As well as shaping Western understandings of Islamic law & its application, he was involved in debates about the end of the British Empire & the transformation of Christian missions following formal decolonization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 12, 2020) |
| Subject |
Anderson, J. N. D. (James Norman Dalrymple), 1908-1994.
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- 20th century
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Islamic law.
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Missions to Muslims.
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Christianity.
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Interfaith relations.
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Islam.
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Islamic law.
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Missionaries.
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Missions to Muslims.
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190943073 |
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0190943076 |
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