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Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernise Islam
Author | : Todd Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-11-23 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : 9781849047036 |
The biography of an influential scholar and lawyer who shaped Western knowledge of Islamic law and of reform within Islam.
Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernize Islam
Author | : Todd Thompson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780190697624 |
Western Christians in the twentieth century viewed Islam through a lens of social and political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval and early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways. J. N. D. (Norman) Anderson (1908-94), a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam, embodied this new orientation in his commitment to 'modernize' Islam. Anderson's engagement with Islam as a missionary, intelligence agent, scholar of Islamic law and advisor to various Muslim governments, spanned multiple decades and continents. As well as shaping Western understandings of Islamic law and its application, he was involved in debates about the end of the British Empire and the transformation of Christian missions following formal decolonization. Because of Anderson's location at the intersection of so many different debates concerning Islam, his life provides unique insights into the ways in which Christians reconfigured their response to Islam in the last century. Given Christianity's continued influence on British and American ideas about Islam, this study provides crucial insight into the persistent focus on 'modernizing' and 'secularizing' Islam today.
Entangled Domains
Author | : Rabiat Akande |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2023-05-31 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1009062018 |
Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate. Entangled Domains grapple with this history to offer a provocative account of secularism as a contested yet contingent mode of governing religion and religious difference. Drawing on detailed archival research, Rabiat Akande vividly illustrates constitutional struggles triggered by the colonial state's governance of religion and interrogates the legacy of that governance agenda in the postcolonial state. This book is a novel commentary on the dynamic interplay between law, faith, identity, and power in the context of the modern state's emergence from colonial processes.
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East
Author | : Mitri Raheb |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 711 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1538124181 |
This work represents the current and most relevant content on the studies of how Christianity has fared in the ancient home of its founder and birth. Much has been written about Christianity and how it has survived since its migration out of its homeland but this comprehensive reference work reassesses the geographic and demographic impact of the dramatic changes in this perennially combustible world region. The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East also spans the historical, socio-political and contemporary settings of the region and importantly describes the interactions that Christianity has had with other major/minor religions in the region.
The Christian Approach to Islam
Author | : James Levi Barton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : |
Islam on Campus
Author | : Alison Scott-Baumann |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2020-09-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198846789 |
This innovative study uses rich new evidence from the UK to explore university life and examine how ideas about Islam and Muslim identities are produced on campus.
Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf
Author | : Lawrence G. Potter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2014-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0190237961 |
Long a taboo topic, as well as one that has alarmed outside powers, sectarian conflict in the Middle East is on the rise. The contributors to this book examine sectarian politics in the Persian Gulf, including the GCC states, Yemen, Iran and Iraq, and consider the origins and con- sequences of sectarianism broadly construed, as it affects ethnic, tribal and religious groups. They also present a theoretical and comparative framework for understanding sectarianism, as well as country-specific chapters based on recent research in the area. Key issues that are scrutinised include the nature of sectarianism, how identity moves from a passive to an active state, and the mechanisms that trigger conflict. The strategies of governments such as rentier economies and the 'invention' of partisan national histories that encourage or manage sectarian differences are also highlighted, as is the role of outside powers in fostering sectarian strife. The volume also seeks to clarify whether movements such as the Islamic revival or the Arab Spring obscure the continued salience of religious and ethnic cleavages.