Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition: Reform, Rationality, and Modernity » (New Edition)

Samira Haj is Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of the writings of Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab (1703-87) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905)—each of whom is representative of a distinct trend, chronologically as well as philosophically, in the constitution of modern Islam.

Contents

Acknowledgments....................xi
Author's Note on Transliterations....................xiii
1. The Islamic Reform Tradition....................1
2. Rethinking Orthodoxy: Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab....................30
3. An Islamic Reconfiguration of Colonial Modernity: Muhammad 'Abduh....................67
4. Governable Muslim Subjects....................109
5. Love and Marriage....................153
6. Conclusion....................188
Notes....................207
Bibliography....................265
Index....................275