Pathways to Contemporary Islam: New Trends in Critical Engagement
Pathways to Contemporary Islam: New Trends in Critical Engagement
edited by Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman
Amsterdam University Press, 2020 eISBN: 978-90-485-3929-1
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Pathways to Contemporary Islam: New Trends in Critical Engagement highlights that the current tensions in Islam and the Muslim world are the result of historical dynamics as opposed to an alleged incompatibility between religious tradition and modernity. The emphasis on pathways indicates that critical engagement and contestation have always been intrinsic to the history of Islam. The aim of the book is to elaborate the contemporary pathways and analyse the trends that contest the Islamic intellectual tradition, the relationship between religion and politics, and the individual and collective practice of religion. The collection of essays analyses the current efforts of critical re-engagement with the Islamic intellectual tradition and underlines the historical diversity of Islamic orthodoxies that led to the establishment of various pathways in the practice and role of religion in Muslim societies.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman is Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is also an Associate Faculty at the Islamophobia Studies Research and Documentation Project at the University of California-Berkeley. He is the author of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia and Political Islam: Identity, Ideology and Religio-Political Mobilisation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ForewordPreface and AcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionConstructing Pathways to Contemporary IslamMohamad Nawab Section 1Chapter 1: Pathways to Modern IslamAli AllawiChapter 2: A Theoretical Pathway to Contemporary IslamIulia LuminaSection 2Chapter 3: A New Approach to Islamic Intellectual Tradition Ali UnsalChapter 4: The Best and Most Trying of Times: Islamic Education and the Challenge of Modernity Robert HefnerChapter 5: The Function of Myths in the Justification of Muslim ExtremismSyed Farid AlatasSection 3Chapter 6: Building Trust in the Democratic Process: the Role of Islamists in Tunisia's Post-Arab Spring Transitional Politics Saleena SaleemChapter 7: The Failure of Political Islam Revisited Olivier RoyChapter 8: Regaining the Islamic Centre? A Malaysian Chronicle of Moderation and its DiscontentsAhmad Fauzi Abdul HamidSection 4Chapter 9: Enhancing Dialogue Between Religious Traditions. An Islamic Perspective x Osman BakarChapter 10: The Ethical in Shari'a Practices: Deliberations in Search of an Effective ParadigmEbrahim MoosaChapter 11: The New Horizons of Piety: Religiosity and Moral Agency in the Modern World Sahar AmerIndex