| Description |
1 online resource (68 entries) : 10 images |
| Contents |
Part I. Islam: overview. Islam and its history ; Muslims, sacred texts, and laws in the modern world ; Shi'a Islam in practice ; Sufism between past and modernity ; Islamophobia ; Ismailis: a pluralist search for universal truth -- Part II. Contemporary Muslim communities in Europe and its extensions. Muslim minorities and minority fiqh ; Experiences of Muslims in Western Europe ; Experience of Muslims in Eastern Europe ; Experience of Muslims in North America ; Experience of Muslims in Latin America ; Experience of Muslims in Australia and New Zealand ; Islamic Education in the West and its challenges -- Part III. Contemporary Muslim communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Experience of Muslim communities in the Middle East and North Africa: Introduction ; Islam in the Maghreb: between Sufis and Salafis ; Syria: from popular uprising to civil war ; Debates on political Islam: analyzing the writings of Egyptian scholars, Hasan al Banna and Sayed Qutb ; Islam in Kurdistan: religious communities and their practices in contemporary Northern Iraq ; Yazidi Minority in Iraq ; Higher education in Iran -- Part IV. Contemporary Muslim communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience of Muslims in East Africa ; Experience of Muslims in Francophone West Africa ; Experience of Muslims in the Republic of South Africa: historical perspective ; Experience of Muslims in Southern Africa -- Part V. Contemporary Muslim communities in Asia. The lure of Islamism in Central Asia ; Historical and sociopolitical overview of Islam in China ; Raw (Sheng) and cooked (Shu) Muslim minorities: Islam, China, and the Loung Duree ; Muslims in Malaysia ; Muslims in Thailand and Burma ; Variation of Muslim practice in Indonesia ; Islamic revival in South Asia ; Shi'a Isma'ilis, Aga Khan III, and the broader discourse for Islamic reform -- Part VI. Muslims and contemporary life. Muslims, Islam, and globalization ; Human rights and Muslims ; Islamic finance in the global north: secular incubators, elementary accommodation, and strategic negligence ; Halal food ; Contemporary Muslim comedy ; Music in Muslim contexts ; Muslim popular music ; "Cyber Ummah": the internet and Muslim communities ; Muslims learning Islam on the internet -- Part VII. Muslims, kinship, and gender. Muslim feminism: contemporary debates ; Masculinity and Muslims: contemporary debates ; Contemporary same-sex Muslim sexualities: identities and issues ; Muslim women: contemporary debates ; Islamic dress as identity politics among converts in the West ; Muslim families in the West ; Muslim youth and contemporary challenges ; Muslims and assisted reproduction ; Internet and Muslim women ; Muslim marriage and contemporary challenges -- Part VIII. Muslims, politics, and extremism. Democracy and Muslims ; ISIS: its history, ideology, and psychology ; Muslims and extremism ; Muslims and terrorism ; Muslims, secularism, and the state ; Madrasas and extremism -- Part IX. Transnational Muslim movements. Transnational progressive Islam: theory, networks, and lived experience ; The Ahmadiyya Jama'at: a question of Muslim identity ; The Muslim brotherhood a contested Islamist actor ; Tabligh Jama'at as an emulatable model of faith renewal ; Hizb ut-Tahrir |
| Summary |
Introduces a comprehensive overview of contemporary Islam, provides a link of continuity between the Muslim world and Muslims living and born in the West, and addresses every relevant topic of Islam studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on title page of print version |
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Muslims -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Islamic sociology.
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Islam.
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Religious life -- Islam.
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Islam.
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Islam
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Islamic sociology
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Muslims -- Social conditions
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Religious life -- Islam
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lukens-Bull, Ronald, editor
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Woodward, Mark R., 1952- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781803161754 |
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1803161752 |
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