Authors: B. A. Roberson, B. A. Robertson
ISBN-13: 9780714653419, ISBN-10: 0714653411
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: First Edition
Conceived as a form of stocktaking of contemporary Islam and Islamic political movements, Roberson (international relations, U. of Warwick, UK) asked each of the contributors of these 10 essays to examine a particular aspect of Islamic intellectual and material development in the Middle East and South Africa, particularly focusing on responses to the "challenges" of modernity and postmodernity. Topics include the role states and community in Islamic movements, Sunni and Shi'i networking, political aspects of Shi'i legal discussion, Islamic expression on the worldwide web, and Islamic activism and social movement theory, and the decline of clerical control over Islamic law. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface | ||
Glossary | ||
1 | The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation | 1 |
2 | The Politics of the Umma: States and Community in Islamic Movements | 20 |
3 | Sunni and Shi'i Networking in the Middle East | 42 |
4 | New Centres and Peripheries in European Islam? | 64 |
5 | From Jurists' Law to Statute Law or What Happens When the Shari'a is Codified | 82 |
6 | Political Aspects of Modern Shi'i Legal Discussions: Khumayni and Khu'i on ijtihad and qada | 96 |
7 | Islamic Law as a Core for Political Law: The Withering of an Islamist Illusion | 117 |
8 | Arab Government Responses to Islamic Finance: The Cases of Egypt and Saudi Arabia | 143 |
9 | Islam Interactive: Mediterranean Islamic Expression on the World Wide Web | 164 |
10 | Islamic Activism and Social Movement Theory: A New Direction for Research | 187 |
Bibliography | 212 |