Title Reconfiguring Islamic tradition : reform, rationality, and modernity / Samira Haj

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) Series Cultural memory in the present Cultural memory in the present. Contents The Islamic reform tradition -- Rethinking Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab -- Islamic reconfiguration of colonial modernity -- Governable Muslim subjects -- Love and marriage -- Conclusion Summary "Samira Raj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers - Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhah (1703-1787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) - each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primarily through the prism of two conceptual questions: the idea of the modern and the formation of a Muslim subject. Approaching Islam through the works of these two Muslims, the author illuminates aspects of Islamic modernity that have been obscured and problematizes assumptions founded on the oppositional dichotomies of modern/traditional, secular/sacred, and liberal/fundamentalist. The book explores the notions of the community-society and the subject's location within it to demonstrate how Muslims in different historical contexts responded differently to theological and practical questions. This knowledge will help us better understand the conflicts currently unfolding in parts of the Arab world"--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, 1703 or 1704-1792. Muḥammad ʻAbduh, 1849-1905 Muḥammad ʻAbduh, 1849-1905 Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, 1703 or 1704-1792 Muḥammad Ibn-ʻAbd-al-Wahhāb. ʻAbduh, Muḥammad. Islamic modernism. Islamic renewal. Faith and reason -- Islam. Islamic philosophy -- History RELIGION -- Islam -- General. Faith and reason -- Islam Islamic modernism Islamic philosophy Islamic renewal Islam Reform Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008011825 ISBN 9780804769754 0804769753

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