MODERN ISLAMIC THINKING & ACTI

01. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-90-5867-999-4
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 312 g

Reihe: Current Issues in Islam

Innovative research of ‘Islam at work’ in geographical and social contexts
‘Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism’ presents a series of scholarly papers in relation to Islamic thinking, activism, and politics in both the West and the Middle East. The reader will apprehend that Islam is not the monolithic religion so often depicted in the media or (earlier) in the academic world. The Islamic world is more than a uniform civilization with a set of petrified religious prescriptions and an outdated view on political and social organization. The contributions show the dynamics of ‘Islam at work’ in different geographical and social contexts. By treating the working of Islamic thinking and of Islamic activism on a practical level, ‘Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism’ includes innovative research and fills a significant gap in existing work.

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Contributors
Erkan Toguslu (KU Leuven), Thierry Limpens (KU Leuven), Eric Geoffroy (University of Strasbourg), Jonathan Benthall ( UCL, London) Thomas Michel (Georgetown University), Egbert Harmsen ( Leiden University), Ihsan Yilmaz (Fatih University), Emilio Platti (KU Leuven), Roel Meijer (Radboud University)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toguslu, Erkan

Leman, Johan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Contemporary Islamic Activism and MuslimsErkan Toguslu and Johan Leman
Part I: Modern Islamic Thinking2. Fethullah Gülen, Tariq Ramadan and Yusuf al-Qaradawi: The pluralisation of Islamic KnowledgeErkan Toguslu3. Tariq Ramadan and Abdullahi An-Na'im's Islamic gender reform in the Brussels Moroccan communityThierry Limpens4. The Contribution of Sufism to the Construction of Contemporary Europe's IslamEric Geoffroy
Part II: Secularism, Islam and Public Sphere: Turkey and Egypt5. Post Secularism, Post-Islamism and Islam in the Public SphereIhsan Yılmaz6. The Arab Revolutions and Islamic Civil SocietyEmilio Giuseppe Platti7. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Democratic Experience in EgyptRoel Meijer
Part III: Contemporary Islamic Social Activism8. Social Work, Poverty, Inequality and Social Safety Nets: Voluntary Welfare OrganizationsJonathan Benthall9. Tradition and Modernity in Social Islam: The Case of Muslim NGOs in JordanEgbert Harmsen10. Fighting Poverty with Kimse Yok MuThomas Michel
Conclusion11. Translocality and Hybridization in Current Modern Islamic ActivismErkan Toguslu and Johan Leman
About the authors

Über Autor(innen)

Leman, Johan
Johan Leman is professor emeritus of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven and President of FOYER, a regional minorities centre in Brussels.

Toguslu, Erkan
Erkan Toguslu is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at KU Leuven University, Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies.