Islam and Modernity: Key Issues and Debates

Masud, Muhammad

ISBN 10: 0748637923 / ISBN 13: 9780748637928

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 2009

About this Item

An introduction to and overview of the debates and questions emerging regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon, an historical perspective, and access to several manifestations of modernity in Muslim life. Editor(s): Masud, Dr Muhammad Khalid; Salvatore, Professor Armando; van Bruinessen, Professor Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567. . 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islam and Modernity: Key Issues and Debates
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748637923
• ISBN 13: 9780748637928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An introduction to and overview of the debates and questions emerging regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon, an historical perspective, and access to several manifestations of modernity in Muslim life.

About the Author

Muhammad Khalid Masud is chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Islamabad. Armando Salvatore is associate professor of political sociology of modern and contemporary Islam at the Oriental Studies University, Naples. Martin van Bruinessen is professor of the comparative study of contemporary Muslim societies at Utrecht University.