Voices of Resurgent Islam

by Esposito, John L.

• ISBN13: 9780195033403
• ISBN10: 019503340X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-11-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Essays discuss Islamic identity, influential Islamic leaders, and reasons for the revitalization of Islam in the Middle East

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ii
Preface	p. vii
Introduction Islam and Muslim Politics	p. 3
Notes	p. 14
Understanding Islamic Identity	p. 17
American Perceptions of Islam	p. 18
Notes	p. 30
Renewal and Reform in Islamic History: Tajdid and Islah	p. 32
Notes	p. 45
Islam and the Search for Identity in the Arab World	p. 48
Notes	p. 60
Pioneers Of The Islamic Resurgence	p. 63
Sayyid Qutb: Ideologue of Islamic Revival	p. 67
Notes	p. 94
Mawdudi and the Islamic State	p. 99
Notes	p. 131
Qaddafi's Islam	p. 134
Notes	p. 148
Imam Khomeini Four Levels of Understanding	p. 150
Notes	p. 171
Muhammad Iqbal and the Islamic State	p. 175
Notes	p. 189
Ali Shariati Ideologue of the Iranian Revolution	p. 191
Notes	p. 213
Muslim Perspectives On A Resurgent Islam	p. 215
The Nature of the Islamic Resurgence	p. 218
Notes	p. 229
Islam--Society and Change	p. 230
The Islamic State	p. 241
Democracy and the Modern Islamic State	p. 252
Islam and Zionism	p. 261
Note	p. 267
The Islamic Approach to Economic Development	p. 268
The Islamic Resurgence: Prospects and Implications	p. 277
Glossary	p. 293
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