Islam After Liberalism

Islam After Liberalism
Author: Faisal Devji
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2017
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190851279

Leading scholars discuss how 'Islam' and 'liberalism' have been entwined historically and politically and how Muslims have thought about this longstanding relationship.

Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire
Author: Seema Alavi
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674735331

Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.

Mahatma on the Pitch

Mahatma on the Pitch
Author: Kausik Bandyopadhyay
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017
Genre: Cricket
ISBN: 9788129148858

How the most important man of our national movement viewed the most important sport in our country. Did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ever play cricket? Did cricket ever figure in the Gandhian world of thought? What were the views of the most important man in the history of India's freedom struggle on the game that dominates Indian national consciousness in the twenty-first century? Were there any connections between Gandhi and cricket during the high tide of national movement? Did Gandhi or his ideas make any impact on the game? Did he ever oppose the cause of cricket? Did cricket ever invoke Gandhi after his death? These questions seem as remote as Gandhi's tryst with cricket! Mahatma on the Pitch tries to find answers to these apparently quirky questions by exploring the untold relationship between two of the most enduring phenomena of modern India: Mahatma Gandhi, arguably the greatest Indian icon of the twentieth century and Indian cricket, probably the most assertive Indian national emblem in the twenty-first-century world.

Progressive Muslims

Progressive Muslims
Author: Omid Safi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2003-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 178074045X

Developed in response to the events of September 11, 2001, these 14 articles from prominent Muslim thinkers offer a provocative reassessment of Islam's relationship with the modern world. Confronting issues such as racism, justice, sexuality and gender, this book reveals the real challenges faced by Muslims of both sexes in contemporary Western society. A probing, frank, and intellectually refreshing testament to the capacity of Islam for renewal, change, and growth, these articles from fifteen Muslim scholars and activists address the challenging and complex issues that confront Muslims today. Avoiding fundamentalist and apologetic approaches, the book concentrates on the key areas of debate in progressive Islamic thought: "Contemporary Islam," "Gender Justice," and "Pluralism." With further contributions on subjects as diverse and controversial as the alienation of Muslim youth; Islamic law, marriage, and feminism; and the role of democracy in Islam, this volume will prove thought-provoking for all those interested in the challenges of justice and pluralism facing the Muslim world as it confronts the twenty-first century.

The Impossible Indian

The Impossible Indian
Author: Faisal Devji
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-09-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674068106

This is a rare view of Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went beyond a nationalist agenda. Guided by his idea of ethical duty as the source of the self’s sovereignty, he understood how life’s quotidian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect.

Gandhi on Islam

Gandhi on Islam
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Islam
ISBN: 9781893163645

Gandhi's thoughts on Islam are collected here for the first time in this unique but thoroughly Gandhian celebration of the world's second largest religion, reflecting on Hindu-Muslim relations, Muslim proselytizing, and controversial moral teachings from the Koran, among many other topics. Original.

Islam and Asia

Islam and Asia
Author: Chiara Formichi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2020-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107106125

An accessible, transregional exploration of how Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today.

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Author: Richard C. Martin
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

Review: "This two-volume set on Islam is a timely resource aimed at the general reader. More than 500 articles, 200-5,000 words in length, describe the Islamic world from its known beginnings to the present day. A 'Synoptic Outline of Entries' at the beginning of volume one presents a thematic overview of the encyclopedia that facilitates browsing. A glossary of terms and a pronunciation key appear at the end of volume two, followed by genealogies, timelines, and a detailed index."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.