1st Edition

Reformist Voices of Islam Mediating Islam and Modernity

By Shireen Hunter, Shireen T Hunter Copyright 2009
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years, Islamic fundamentalist, revolutionary, and jihadist movements have overshadowed more moderate and reformist voices and trends within Islam. This compelling volume introduces the current generation of reformist thinkers and activists, the intellectual traditions they carry on, and the reasons for the failure of reformist movements to sustain broad support in the Islamic world... Read more
1. Islamic Reformist Discourse in Iran; Shireen T. Hunter; 2. Reformist and Moderate Voices of Islam in the Arab East; Hassan Hanafi; 3. Reformist Islamic Thinkers in the Maghreb; Yahia Zoubir; 4. Islamic Modernist and Reformist Discourse in South Asia; Riffat Hassan; 5. Liberal and Progressive Voices in Indonesian Islam; Martin Van Bruinessen; 6. Reformist Muslim Thinkers in Malaysia; Farish Noor; 7. Islamic Reformist Discourses and Intellectuals in Turkey; Recep Senturk; 8. Reformist and Moderate Voices in European Islam; Farhad Khosrokhavar; 9. Voices of Reformist Islam in the United States; Tamara Sonn.

Biography

Shireen T. Hunter